Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774)
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As Samuel Johnson said in his famous epitaph on his Irish-born and educated friend, Goldsmith ornamented whatever he touched with his pen. A professional writer who died in his prime, Goldsmith wrote the best comedy of his day, She Stoops to Conquer (1773). Amongst a plethora of other fine works, näytä lisää he also wrote The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), which, despite major plot inconsistencies and the intrusion of poems, essays, tales, and lectures apparently foreign to its central concerns, remains one of the most engaging fictional works in English. One reason for its appeal is the character of the narrator, Dr. Primrose, who is at once a slightly absurd pedant, an impatient traditional father of teenagers, a Job-like figure heroically facing life's blows, and an alertly curious, helpful, loving person. Another reason is Goldsmith's own mixture of delight and amused condescension (analogous to, though not identical with, Laurence Sterne's in Tristram Shandy and Johnson's in Rasselas, both contemporaneous) as he looks at the vicar and his domestic group, fit representatives of a ludicrous but workable world. Never married and always facing financial problems, he died in London and was buried in Temple Churchyard. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Four Great Comedies of the Restoration and 18th Century: The Country Wife/School for Scandal/She Stoops to Conquer/Way… (1958) — Avustaja — 115 kappaletta
The Grecian history from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great (1796) 17 kappaletta
The English Comedie Humaine Sir Roger De Coverley, the Vicar of Wakefield, the Man of Feeling (1902) — Avustaja — 11 kappaletta
Goldsmith's 'The Deserted Village: The Traveller' / Gray's 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard' (2010) 9 kappaletta
Beau Nash 9 kappaletta
Poems, Plays and Essays of Oliver Goldsmith. With a Critical Dissertation on His Poetry by John Aiken and an… (1880) 9 kappaletta
Goldsmith's The Deserted Village and Other Poems (Macmillan's Pocket American and English Classics) (1907) 8 kappaletta
Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of England: From the invasion of Julius Caesar to the… (1850) 8 kappaletta
An abridgment of the history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the death of George II (2011) 6 kappaletta
The bee and other essays 6 kappaletta
Retaliation, a poem 5 kappaletta
Poems, Plays, and Essays by Oliver Goldsmith with Introductory Essay by Henry T. Tuckerman. Memoir by John Aiken (1884) 3 kappaletta
Merrill's English Texts: An Elegy in a Country Churchyard (by Gray) and The Deserted Village (by Goldsmith) (2010) — Tekijä — 3 kappaletta
The vicar of Wakefield Chef d'oeuvre series) 3 kappaletta
Two Plays: The Good Natur'd Man; She Stoops to Conquer; An Essay on the Theatre; Register of Scotch Marriages (1964) 3 kappaletta
Selected works 3 kappaletta
Goldsmith's Roman history. Abridged by himself. For hte use of Schools. Fourth American edition. 3 kappaletta
Goldsmith's Choice Works 3 kappaletta
The Traveller, or a A Prospect of Society: The Deserted Village; and other poems (2023) 3 kappaletta
The Vicar of Wakefield with the poems and plays 3 kappaletta
A prospect of society 2 kappaletta
Jacky Dandy's delight: or The history of birds and beasts; in verse and prose. : Adorned with a variety of cuts. :… 2 kappaletta
The Complete Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Essays, Plays, Poetical Works, and Vicar of Wakefield; With Some… (2013) 2 kappaletta
The traveller, 1765; and The deserted village, 1770, with 'A prospect of society', 1764 (1970) 2 kappaletta
Poems and Essays 2 kappaletta
Goldsmith's Comedies — Tekijä — 2 kappaletta
The History of England: Vol III 2 kappaletta
The Roman history: from the foundation of the city of Rome, to the destruction of the western Empire. By Dr. Goldsmith.… (2014) 2 kappaletta
The history of Greece from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great : [with] a summary account of the… 2 kappaletta
Compendio de la Historia Romana: Tomo Segundo 2 kappaletta
Pinnock's Goldsmith's Greece 2 kappaletta
Selections from Oliver Goldsmith 2 kappaletta
Путешествие Хамфри Клинкера; Векфильдский священник 2 kappaletta
Compendio de la Historia Romana: Tomo Primero 2 kappaletta
She Stoops to Conquer; The Devil and Daniel Webster; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Adventures of Robin Hood (The (1986) 2 kappaletta
The present state of the British Empire in Europe, America, Africa and Asia. Containing a concise account of our… 2 kappaletta
Select Poems of Oliver Goldsmith 2 kappaletta
The Vicar of Wakefield, and She stoops to conquer; including the author's famous essay "On the theatre." 2 kappaletta
Goldsmith : selected poems 2 kappaletta
Wakefield Papazı 1 kappale
The history of a philosophic vagabond 1 kappale
Essays By Oliver Goldmsith, M. B. 1 kappale
The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith. With the addition of The Vicar of Wakefield, memoir, etc 1 kappale
Mrs. Mary Blaize - An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex [ R. Caldecott's Picture Books ] (1885) 1 kappale
Collected works 1 kappale
Goldsmith's The Deserted Village, The Traveler, Gray's Elegy In A Country Churchyard (1916) (2010) 1 kappale
Goldsmith's history of the earth and animated nature, abridged : containing the natural history of animals, birds,… (2012) 1 kappale
Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith: Comprising The Vicar of Wakefield, The Traveller etc. etc. and a Sketch of the… (1865) 1 kappale
Viocre Wakefield 1 kappale
Viocáire Wakefield 1 kappale
Goldsmith Poetical Works 1 kappale
Poems by Thomas Gray and William Collins. The deserted village [by] Oliver Goldsmith [Sound recording]. Read by Robert… — Tekijä — 1 kappale
The Vicar of Wakefiled &c 1 kappale
Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Greece, abridged for the use of schools 1 kappale
Farář wakefieldský 1 kappale
The Poems of Cunningham and Goldsmith 1 kappale
The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith 1 kappale
YANLIŞLIKLAR GECESİ 1 kappale
Pleban z Wakefieldu 1 kappale
Complete Poetical Works 1 kappale
The History of Greece, From the Earliest State, to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol. 2 of 2: To Which Is Added, a… (2016) 1 kappale
The Vicar of Wakefield and Others 1 kappale
The Citizen Of the World - Volume Two 1 kappale
The Vicar of Wakefield with a Prefatory memoir by George Saintsbury and one hundred and fourteen coloured… (1886) 1 kappale
Poetic Works: The Good-Natured Man Vol I 1 kappale
Asem, an Eastern Tale 1 kappale
The Disabled Soldier 1 kappale
Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith 1 kappale
Unacknowledged essays 1 kappale
Our National Prejudices 1 kappale
The vicar of Wakefield and other works 1 kappale
The Vicar of Wakefield and Other Stories 1 kappale
Oliver Goldsmith's Select Poems 1 kappale
British Novelists: Vol. I 1 kappale
Little Masterpieces: Goldsmith 1 kappale
Edwin and Angelina; a ballad 1 kappale
Goldsmith's Poems and Prose Works 1 kappale
The grumbler, an adaptation 1 kappale
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Vol I 1 kappale
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Vol III 1 kappale
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Vol V 1 kappale
El Vicari de Wakefield I 1 kappale
El Vicari de Wakefield II 1 kappale
The Citizen of the World, or Letters From a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East, Vol. 1… (2015) 1 kappale
Oliver Goldsmith"s Selected Poems 1 kappale
Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Abridged: Containing the Natural History of Animals, Birds,… (2012) 1 kappale
E lei per conquistar si sottomette : con note storiche e critiche su Goldsmith e la sua opera 1 kappale
[the Vicar of Wakefield, and Other Works ... With Introduction Notes and a Life of Oliver Goldsmith, by John Francis… (2010) 1 kappale
Goldsmith's Poetical Works 1 kappale
The Good Natur'd Man. She Stoops to Conquer. An Essay on the Theatre. Regster of Scotch Marriages 1 kappale
Good Two Shoes 1 kappale
Goldsmith Selected Essays 1 kappale
Political Works of Oliver Goldsmith 1 kappale
Compendio della storia greca dalla sua origine fino alla riduzione della Grecia in Provincia romana. (1817) 1 kappale
Histoire d'Angleterre, par Olivier Goldsmith, continuée jusqu'en 1815 par Ch. Coste et jusqu'à nos jours par le… (1837) 1 kappale
The History of England, Vol. I 1 kappale
The History of England, Vol. II 1 kappale
The Citizen of the World Part I 1 kappale
Letters from a Chinese Philosopher 1 kappale
The Bee 1 kappale
Poems and Plays 1 kappale
The poetical works of oliver goldsmith with thirty illustrations by John Absolom, Bruce Foster, James Godwin and… (1851) 1 kappale
Associated Works
Four English Comedies: Valpone; The Way of the World; She Stoops to Conquer; The School for Scandal (1606) — Avustaja — 361 kappaletta
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy [Norton Critical Edition] (1973) — Avustaja — 270 kappaletta
Modern English Drama: Dryden; Sheridan; Goldsmith; Shelley; Browning; Byron (1909) — Avustaja — 234 kappaletta
Cavalcade of comedy; 21 brilliant comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward (1953) — Avustaja — 96 kappaletta
Three English Comedies: She Stoops to Conquer; The Rivals; The School for Scandal (1955) — Avustaja — 52 kappaletta
English Verse: Volume 3: The Eighteenth Century: Swift to Crabbe (Penguin Classics) (1995) — Avustaja — 11 kappaletta
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Avustaja — 10 kappaletta
Selected Stories of Great Authors — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta
Gray: Poetry & Prose, With Essays by Johnson, Goldsmith and others — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta
Anthology of Romanticism Volume Two: Selections From The Pre-Romantic Movement — Avustaja — 1 kappale
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Yleistieto
- Kanoninen nimi
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Muut nimet
- Willington, James (pseudonym)
- Syntymäaika
- 1730-11-10
- Kuolinaika
- 1774-04-04
- Hautapaikka
- Temple Church, London, England, UK
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- Ireland (birth)
UK - Maa (karttaa varten)
- UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland
Smith-Hill House, Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland - Kuolinpaikka
- London, England, UK
- Asuinpaikat
- Smith-Hill House, Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland (possible birth location)
Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland (possible birth location)
Lissoy, Ireland
London, England, UK (death) - Koulutus
- Trinity College, Dublin (BA|1749)
University of Edinburgh (BM|1755)
University of Leiden
University of Padua - Ammatit
- essayist
novelist
translator
poet
playwright
physician (näytä kaikki 8)
apothecary's assistant
literary drudge, Monthly Review - Suhteet
- Johnson, Samuel (friend)
Goldsmith, Charles (father) - Organisaatiot
- The Literary Club
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Goldsmith's birth year is under dispute. 1728 or 1730. Some biographers report his birthplace in Elphin, Roscommon.
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Folio Archives 343: The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith 1971, Folio Society Devotees (lokakuuta 2023)
Folio Archives 318: The Citizen of the World by Oliver Goldsmith 1969, Folio Society Devotees (toukokuu 2023)
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The first half seems considerably stronger than the second; it possesses a light tone and some quite comic scenes poking fun at the characters - one involving a commissioned painting of the "humble" family is pure gold. The second half however swings wildly about, with long harangues on the political merits of monarchy and the problem of prison reform seeming like they were shoved in from elsewhere to bulk up the book, before the soap opera-ish grand finale in a prison cell, where a disguise is removed, one thought dead is returned, a love thought lost is restored, a villain receives his comeuppance, yada yada yada.
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