The Vicar of Wakefield

The Vicar of Wakefield
1773 edition title page
AuthorOliver Goldsmith
IllustratorArthur Rackham (1929)
Cover artistArthur Rackham (1929)
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy, satire, novel
Published1766 (R. Collins)
Publication placeGreat Britain
Media typePrint, octavo
Pages437
823.6
LC Class647209259

The Vicar of Wakefield, subtitled A Tale, Supposed to be written by Himself, is a 1766 novel by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774). It was written from 1761 to 1762 and published in 1766. It was one of the most popular and widely read 18th-century novels among the British citizenry.