# The Vicar of Wakefield — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith.

- [Advertisement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/advertisement.md): Oliver Goldsmith introduces his work, acknowledging its faults but defending its value. He describes the hero as a priest, husbandman, and father, who is simple in affluence and majestic in adversity, and questions wheth
- [The Vicar of Wakefield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/the-vicar-of-wakefield.md): The chapter introduces the Primrose family, their comfortable life, and the Vicar's philosophical views on virtue and marriage. It sets the stage for the family's eventual misfortunes.
- [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/i.md): The narrator, Dr. Primrose, introduces his family and their philosophy of life. He describes his marriage to a good-natured, notable woman, their happy life in a fine country house, and their six children: George, Olivia
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/ii.md): The narrator, Dr. Primrose, describes his family's domestic life and his own philosophical principles, particularly his strict monogamist views. He recounts the courtship of his son George to Miss Arabella Wilmot, which 
- [A Migration](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/iii.md): The Primrose family, having lost their fortune, prepares to move to a small cure. The narrator sends his eldest son George to London with little more than a blessing and a book. On the journey, they meet Mr. Burchell, wh

> 29 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_vicar_of_wakefield_se_603kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [A Proof That Even the Humblest Fortune May Grant Happiness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [A New and Great Acquaintance Introduced](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [The Family Use Art, Which Is Opposed with Still Greater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [Chapter XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [Chapter XXIV: Fresh Calamities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [Chapter XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [Chapter XXVI: A Reformation in the Gaol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [Chapter XXVII: The Vicar's Reform of the Prisoners](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [Chapter XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [Happier Prospects Begin to Appear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [The Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_vicar_of_wakefield_se/chapters/xxxii.md)

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