Episode Seven
Olivia is found, but heading for home, further calamity waits for Dr Primrose.
A classic comic novel from the 18th century.
Life is good to the Reverend Dr Primrose, in his idyllic country parsonage, surrounded by his beloved family. But then his world unravels in a series of misfortunes and calamities.
Episode 7
Olivia is found, but heading for home, further calamity waits for Dr Primrose.
Oliver Goldsmith was born in Ireland in 1728. The Vicar of Wakefield was published in 1766. An essayist, dramatist and poet, his other works include the play She Stoops To Conquer and the poem An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog. He died in 1774.
Writer: Oliver Goldsmith
Abridger: Jeremy Osborne
Reader: Edmund Kingsley
Producer: Jeremy Osborne
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- Tue 11 Aug 202622:45BBC Radio 4
