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).

Notable Works

• The Citizen of the World (1762)
• The Traveller (1764)
• The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
• The Good-natur'd Man (1768)
• The Deserted Village (1770)
• She Stoops to Conquer (1773)
• The Good-natur'd Man
• The Life of Richard Nash
• The Rising Village

See Auburn, for the influence of The Deserted Village.

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