Oliver Goldsmith - A Biography

This biography, written by celebrated American author Washington Irving, offers a detailed account of the life and work of Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. Best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield and the play She Stoops to Conquer, Goldsmith led a tumultuous life marked by financial struggles and literary triumphs. Irving highlights Goldsmith's wit, charm, and his significant contributions to 18th-century literature, painting a sympathetic portrait of a man whose personal hardships were often overshadowed by his artistic achievements.
Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American writer best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". This is a biography of Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774), an Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771).

Product details

• Authors: Washington Irving
• Assisted by: George Philip Krapp (Editor)
• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.2024
• EAN: 9781434422828
• ISBN: 978-1-4344-2282-8
• No. of pages: 412
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 579 g
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries