Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith (November 10, 1730(?) – April 4, 1774) was an Irish writer and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1773).

External links

• {{gutenberg author|id=Oliver_Goldsmith|name=Oliver Goldsmith}}
• The Deserted Village
• Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography by Washington Irving from Project Gutenberg
• An Essay on the Theatre; or, A Comparison Between Laughing and Sentimental Comedy