Oliver Goldsmith

1,133 books • 31 series

Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774) was born in Ireland. Having studied at Trinity College, Dublin, he studied medicine at Edinburgh and Leyden after being rejected by the Church of Ireland. Settling in London, he was writing professionally by 1757 and became a friend of Johnson. Best known for She Stoops to Conquer, The Vicar of Wakefield is his only novel and is generally considered his finest work.

Stephen Coote was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of critical studies of Chaucer, T.S. Eliot and English literature of the Middle Ages, as well as biographies of Byron and William Morris.
Mar 26, 2010
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The History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II Volume 2

Mar 26, 2010
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Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Abridged; Containing the Natural History of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and

Mar 25, 2010
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The Bee and Other Essays

Mar 25, 2010
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The Beauties of Goldsmith; Or, the Moral and Sentimental Treasury of Genius

Mar 16, 2010
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The Good Natur'd Man and She Stoops to Conquer

Mar 16, 2010
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Poems

Mar 15, 2010
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The Beauties of English Poesy Volume 1

Mar 11, 2010
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Goldsmith: Selected Essays

Mar 8, 2010
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The Works of the Late Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, Volume 5

Mar 5, 2010
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The Works of the Late Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, Volume 2...

Mar 4, 2010
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Modern English Drama

Mar 4, 2010
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The Works of the Late Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, Volume 3

Mar 3, 2010
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The Miscellaneous Works

Feb 26, 2010
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The British Theatre

Feb 23, 2010
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.

Feb 23, 2010
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The Life of Richard Nash, Esq., Late Master of the Ceremonies at Bath

Feb 22, 2010
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature Volume 1

Feb 22, 2010
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The Good-Natured Man

Feb 17, 2010
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A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature Volume 5

Feb 16, 2010
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The Works of the Late Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke Volume 8

Feb 16, 2010
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature

Feb 16, 2010
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The Works of the Late Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, Volume 1

Feb 13, 2010
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An History of England, in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son [By O. Goldsmith].

Feb 9, 2010
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Classic Comedies