Oliver Goldsmith

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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.
Dec 1963
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Selections (New English Classics S.)

9 Oct 2018
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The Vicar of Wakefield (Classic Fiction S.) (Clear Type Classics S.) (Classics Series Cl52) (Oxford English Novels) (Classics) (Classic Fiction) (Bibliolife Reproduction) (Dover Thrift Editions) (Romantic to Regency, #401)

1 Jan 1951
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She Stoops to Conquer (New Mermaids, #10) (Crofts Classics) (L.A. Theatre Works Audio Theatre Collections) (King's Treasury of Literature S.) (London English Literature S.) (Study Texts S.) (Dover Thrift Editions) (New English Classics S.) (Acting Edition S.) (King's Treasury S.) (New Mermaid Anthology) (Temple Drama S.)

Dec 1910
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Selected Essays

Jan 1, 1765
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Goody Two-Shoes