Books by Oliver Goldsmith

Oriental letters being a literary fad of the day, it was inevitable that Oliver Goldsmith should indulge his whim of "leaving scarcely any kind of writing untouched;" hence his series of Letters from Lien Chi Altangi, the Chinese philosopher in London. These Chinese letters are in the strictest sense by a wide-experienced Citizen of the World. They photograph many a quaint character whose types are as familiar to us as his originals were to Goldsmith. The living portrait gallery will fit generations yet to come. Not characters only but movements, political and social, great problems in government, art, education, and taste are mirrored and discussed with a breadth and charm not found elsewhere. Goldsmith's many-sidedness is displayed in these Letters, which are occasionally elaborated in other of his writings. This is a reprint of the Third Edition originally published in 1774.

Originally published in 1906, this book contains the text of two of Oliver Goldsmith's longer poems, 'The Traveller' and 'The Deserted Village', which was dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds. Murison includes a brief biography of Goldsmith, as well as chronological tables of his life and works and detailed notes on the poem.

Originally published in 1921, this volume contains the full version of The Good-Natur'd Man, a comedic play by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74). A short editorial introduction is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in eighteenth-century literature and the works of Goldsmith.

This edition brings together four eighteenth-century comedies that illustrate the full variety of the century's drama: Fielding's The Modern Husband, Garrick and Colman's The Clandestine Marriage, Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer, and O'Keeffe's Wild Oats.

Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly regarded and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction. It contains, in the figure of the vicar himself, one of the most harmlessly simply and unsophisticated yet also ironically complex narrators ever to appear in English fiction.

This drama text is one of a series of important English plays. It includes a critical introduction, biography of the author, discussions of date and sources, textual details, a bibliography and information about the staging of She Stoops to Conquer"."

Marlow mistakes Kate's house for an in and treats her father like an innkeeper. With her brother causing mischief, her father insulted and the mother plotting a marriage nobody wants, it's not wonder Kate has to stoop the conquer.

Charming satire concerns a young lady who poses as a serving girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. Notes.

When Dr Primrose loses his fortune in a disastrous investment, his idyllic life in the country is shattered and he is forced to move with his wife and six children to an impoverished living on the estate of Squire Thornhill. Taking to the road in pursuit of his daughter, who has been seduced by the rakish Squire, the beleaguered Primrose becomes embroiled in a series of misadventures - encountering his long-lost son in a travelling theatre company and even spending time in a debtor's prison. Yet Primrose, though hampered by his unworldliness and pride, is sustained by his unwavering religious faith. In The Vicar of Wakefield, Goldsmith gently mocks many of the literary conventions of his day - from pastoral and romance to the picaresque - infusing his story of a hapless clergyman with warm humour and amiable social satire.

First published in 1766, the loveable and innocent Dr Primrose and his family have given pleasure to all that have read it. The story opens with the vicar losing his fortune and moving to another parish. What follows is a tale of love, deceit, betrayal, humour and a hidden hero... It was one of Charles Dickens favourite books and a source of inspiration to him. No further recommendation is needed. Enjoy.

Da præsten dr. Charles Primrose mister sin formue og sit gode rygte, forsættes han til det afsides kald i Wakefield. Fra dette tidspunkt forfølges den gode, omend en smule naive tøffelhelt pastor Primrose og hans familie af uheld på uheld. Den skiftevis komiske og sentimentale historien om familiens nedtur fortælles af pastoren selv.Bogen er en af engelsk litteraturs store klassikere, skrevet af en mand, om hvem en anden stor, samtidig englænder sagde, at han aldrig var mere tåbelig, end når han ikke havde en pen i hånden og aldrig mere vis, end når han havde.Nærværende oversættelse er af ingen ringere end Steen Steensen Blicher, og var i datiden kendt for "at være næsten bedre end originalen".