Oliver Goldsmith
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The Vicar of Wakefield follows the life of a wealthy vicar and his family who lie an idyllic life in their country parish thanks to the vicar's clever investments. The evening that his son is to marry an heiress, the vicar discovers that his merchant investor has lost all his money in bankruptcy.
Written by Irish author Oliver Goldsmith in the late 18th century.
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The Poetry of Oliver Goldsmith, anthology: Table Of Contents The Traveller, The Deserted Village, Lyrical and Miscellaneous Pieces, On A Beautiful Youth Struck Blind With Lightning, The Gift, The Logicians Refuted, A Sonnet, Stanzas on the Taking of Quebec, And Death of an Elegy, On That Glory of Her Sex, Description of an Author's Bedchamber, On Seeing Mrs. ** Perform In The Character Of ****, Of The Death Of The Right Hon. ***, An Epigram, To G....
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"History of Rome" by Oliver Goldsmith. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks...
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Oliver Goldsmith's 18th century novel "The Vicar of Wakefield" was so popular in Victorian times that it is mentioned in many classics of that era including George Eliot's "Middlemarch," Jane Austen's "Emma," Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", amongst others. It is the story of Dr. Charles Primrose, the titular Vicar, his wife Deborah and their six children who live an idyllic life in a country parish. The Vicar...
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First performed in 1773, "She Stoops to Conquer" is the timeless comedic drama by Anglo-Irish author Oliver Goldsmith. The play depicts the story of Charles Marlow, a wealthy young man who is promised in marriage to a woman, Kate Hardcastle that he has never met. While he is eager to meet her and is travelling to her home with his friend, George Hastings, Charles is quite shy in the company of women of wealth. He prefers those of a lower class and...
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"R. Caldecott's First Collection of Pictures and Songs" by Randolph Caldecott, William Cowper, Oliver Goldsmith. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost...