Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774)
Autor(a) de The Vicar of Wakefield
About the Author
As Samuel Johnson said in his famous epitaph on his Irish-born and educated friend, Goldsmith ornamented whatever he touched with his pen. A professional writer who died in his prime, Goldsmith wrote the best comedy of his day, She Stoops to Conquer (1773). Amongst a plethora of other fine works, mostrar mais he also wrote The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), which, despite major plot inconsistencies and the intrusion of poems, essays, tales, and lectures apparently foreign to its central concerns, remains one of the most engaging fictional works in English. One reason for its appeal is the character of the narrator, Dr. Primrose, who is at once a slightly absurd pedant, an impatient traditional father of teenagers, a Job-like figure heroically facing life's blows, and an alertly curious, helpful, loving person. Another reason is Goldsmith's own mixture of delight and amused condescension (analogous to, though not identical with, Laurence Sterne's in Tristram Shandy and Johnson's in Rasselas, both contemporaneous) as he looks at the vicar and his domestic group, fit representatives of a ludicrous but workable world. Never married and always facing financial problems, he died in London and was buried in Temple Churchyard. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por Oliver Goldsmith
Four Great Comedies of the Restoration and 18th Century: The Country Wife/School for Scandal/She Stoops to Conquer/Way… (1958) — Contribuidor — 114 exemplares
The Grecian history from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great (1796) 17 exemplares
The English Comedie Humaine Sir Roger De Coverley, the Vicar of Wakefield, the Man of Feeling (1902) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Poems, Plays and Essays of Oliver Goldsmith. With a Critical Dissertation on His Poetry by John Aiken and an… (1880) 9 exemplares
Goldsmith's 'The Deserted Village: The Traveller' / Gray's 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard' (2010) 9 exemplares
Beau Nash 9 exemplares
Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of England: From the invasion of Julius Caesar to the… (1850) 8 exemplares
Goldsmith's The Deserted Village and Other Poems (Macmillan's Pocket American and English Classics) (1907) 8 exemplares
An abridgment of the history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the death of George II (2011) 6 exemplares
The bee and other essays 6 exemplares
Retaliation, a poem 5 exemplares
The Vicar of Wakefield with the poems and plays 3 exemplares
The vicar of Wakefield Chef d'oeuvre series) 3 exemplares
Two Plays: The Good Natur'd Man; She Stoops to Conquer; An Essay on the Theatre; Register of Scotch Marriages (1964) 3 exemplares
Merrill's English Texts: An Elegy in a Country Churchyard (by Gray) and The Deserted Village (by Goldsmith) (2010) — Autor — 3 exemplares
Poems, Plays, and Essays by Oliver Goldsmith with Introductory Essay by Henry T. Tuckerman. Memoir by John Aiken (1884) 3 exemplares
The Traveller, or a A Prospect of Society: The Deserted Village; and other poems (2023) 3 exemplares
Goldsmith's Roman history. Abridged by himself. For hte use of Schools. Fourth American edition. 3 exemplares
Goldsmith's Choice Works 3 exemplares
Selected works 3 exemplares
The history of Greece from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great : [with] a summary account of the… 2 exemplares
The present state of the British Empire in Europe, America, Africa and Asia. Containing a concise account of our… 2 exemplares
Compendio de la Historia Romana: Tomo Segundo 2 exemplares
Poems and Essays 2 exemplares
Goldsmith's Comedies — Autor — 2 exemplares
The History of England: Vol III 2 exemplares
The traveller, 1765; and The deserted village, 1770, with 'A prospect of society', 1764 (1970) 2 exemplares
The Roman history: from the foundation of the city of Rome, to the destruction of the western Empire. By Dr. Goldsmith.… (2014) 2 exemplares
Jacky Dandy's delight: or The history of birds and beasts; in verse and prose. : Adorned with a variety of cuts. :… 2 exemplares
The Complete Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Essays, Plays, Poetical Works, and Vicar of Wakefield; With Some… (2013) 2 exemplares
Pinnock's Goldsmith's Greece 2 exemplares
Путешествие Хамфри Клинкера; Векфильдский священник 2 exemplares
She Stoops to Conquer; The Devil and Daniel Webster; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Adventures of Robin Hood (The (1986) 2 exemplares
Goldsmith : selected poems 2 exemplares
The Vicar of Wakefield, and She stoops to conquer; including the author's famous essay "On the theatre." 2 exemplares
A prospect of society 2 exemplares
Select Poems of Oliver Goldsmith 2 exemplares
Compendio de la Historia Romana: Tomo Primero 2 exemplares
Selections from Oliver Goldsmith 2 exemplares
The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith. With the addition of The Vicar of Wakefield, memoir, etc 1 exemplar
The history of a philosophic vagabond 1 exemplar
Collected works 1 exemplar
Viocre Wakefield 1 exemplar
Wakefield Papazı 1 exemplar
Mrs. Mary Blaize - An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex [ R. Caldecott's Picture Books ] (1885) 1 exemplar
Goldsmith's The Deserted Village, The Traveler, Gray's Elegy In A Country Churchyard (1916) (2010) 1 exemplar
Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith: Comprising The Vicar of Wakefield, The Traveller etc. etc. and a Sketch of the… (1865) 1 exemplar
Essays By Oliver Goldmsith, M. B. 1 exemplar
Viocáire Wakefield 1 exemplar
Goldsmith's history of the earth and animated nature, abridged : containing the natural history of animals, birds,… (2012) 1 exemplar
Poems by Thomas Gray and William Collins. The deserted village [by] Oliver Goldsmith [Sound recording]. Read by Robert… — Autor — 1 exemplar
Pleban z Wakefieldu 1 exemplar
Goldsmith Poetical Works 1 exemplar
The Vicar of Wakefiled &c 1 exemplar
Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Greece, abridged for the use of schools 1 exemplar
The Poems of Cunningham and Goldsmith 1 exemplar
LibriVox Coffee Break Collection 29 - Dogs 1 exemplar
The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith 1 exemplar
YANLIŞLIKLAR GECESİ 1 exemplar
Complete Poetical Works 1 exemplar
The History of Greece, From the Earliest State, to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol. 2 of 2: To Which Is Added, a… (2016) 1 exemplar
The Vicar Of Wakefield & The Man of Feeling 1 exemplar
The Vicar of Wakefield and Others 1 exemplar
The Citizen Of the World - Volume Two 1 exemplar
Poetical Works and The Vicar of Wakefield 1 exemplar
The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B 1 exemplar
Oliver goldsmith a selection from His Works 1 exemplar
Poetic Works: The Good-Natured Man Vol I 1 exemplar
Asem, an Eastern Tale 1 exemplar
The Disabled Soldier 1 exemplar
Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith 1 exemplar
Unacknowledged essays 1 exemplar
Our National Prejudices 1 exemplar
The vicar of Wakefield and other works 1 exemplar
The Vicar of Wakefield and Other Stories 1 exemplar
Oliver Goldsmith's Select Poems 1 exemplar
British Novelists: Vol. I 1 exemplar
Little Masterpieces: Goldsmith 1 exemplar
Edwin and Angelina; a ballad 1 exemplar
Goldsmith's Poems and Prose Works 1 exemplar
The grumbler, an adaptation 1 exemplar
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Vol I 1 exemplar
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Vol III 1 exemplar
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Vol V 1 exemplar
El Vicari de Wakefield I 1 exemplar
El Vicari de Wakefield II 1 exemplar
Compendio della storia greca dalla sua origine fino alla riduzione della Grecia in Provincia romana. (1817) 1 exemplar
The Vicar of Wakefield with a Prefatory memoir by George Saintsbury and one hundred and fourteen coloured… (1886) 1 exemplar
[the Vicar of Wakefield, and Other Works ... With Introduction Notes and a Life of Oliver Goldsmith, by John Francis… (2010) 1 exemplar
Oliver Goldsmith"s Selected Poems 1 exemplar
Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Abridged: Containing the Natural History of Animals, Birds,… (2012) 1 exemplar
E lei per conquistar si sottomette : con note storiche e critiche su Goldsmith e la sua opera 1 exemplar
Goldsmith's Poetical Works 1 exemplar
The Good Natur'd Man. She Stoops to Conquer. An Essay on the Theatre. Regster of Scotch Marriages 1 exemplar
Good Two Shoes 1 exemplar
Goldsmith Selected Essays 1 exemplar
The Citizen of the World, or Letters From a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East, Vol. 1… (2015) 1 exemplar
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith in Ten Volumes 1 exemplar
Histoire d'Angleterre, par Olivier Goldsmith, continuée jusqu'en 1815 par Ch. Coste et jusqu'à nos jours par le… (1837) 1 exemplar
The History of England, Vol. I 1 exemplar
The History of England, Vol. II 1 exemplar
The Citizen of the World Part I 1 exemplar
The Bee 1 exemplar
Political Works of Oliver Goldsmith 1 exemplar
Poems and Plays 1 exemplar
The poetical works of oliver goldsmith with thirty illustrations by John Absolom, Bruce Foster, James Godwin and… (1851) 1 exemplar
Der Weltbürger oder Briefe eines in London weilenden chinesischen Philosophen an seine Freunde im fernen Osten. (1985) 1 exemplar
Letters from a Chinese Philosopher 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Four English Comedies: Valpone; The Way of the World; She Stoops to Conquer; The School for Scandal (1606) — Contribuidor — 361 exemplares
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy [Norton Critical Edition] (1973) — Contribuidor — 266 exemplares
Modern English Drama: Dryden; Sheridan; Goldsmith; Shelley; Browning; Byron (1909) — Contribuidor — 224 exemplares
Twelve Famous Plays of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1933) — Contribuidor — 141 exemplares
Cavalcade of comedy; 21 brilliant comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward (1953) — Contribuidor — 96 exemplares
Three English Comedies: She Stoops to Conquer; The Rivals; The School for Scandal (1955) — Contribuidor — 52 exemplares
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 1 (1974) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
English Verse: Volume 3: The Eighteenth Century: Swift to Crabbe (Penguin Classics) (1995) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Selected Stories of Great Authors — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Gray: Poetry & Prose, With Essays by Johnson, Goldsmith and others — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
Anthology of Romanticism Volume Two: Selections From The Pre-Romantic Movement — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Willington, James (pseudonym)
- Data de nascimento
- 1730-11-10
- Data de falecimento
- 1774-04-04
- Localização do túmulo
- Temple Church, London, England
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Ireland (birth)
UK - País (no mapa)
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland
Smith-Hill House, Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland - Local de falecimento
- London, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Smith-Hill House, Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland (possible birth location)
Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland (possible birth location)
Lissoy, Ireland
London, England, UK (death) - Educação
- Trinity College, Dublin
University of Edinburgh
University of Leiden
University of Padua - Ocupações
- essayist
novelist
translator
poet
playwright
physician (mostrar todos 8)
apothecary's assistant
literary drudge, Monthly Review - Relações
- Johnson, Samuel (friend)
Goldsmith, Charles (father) - Organizações
- The Literary Club
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Goldsmith's birth year is under dispute. 1728 or 1730. Some biographers report his birthplace in Elphin, Roscommon.
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Folio Archives 343: The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith 1971 em Folio Society Devotees (Outubro 2023)
Folio Archives 318: The Citizen of the World by Oliver Goldsmith 1969 em Folio Society Devotees (Maio 2023)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 271
- Also by
- 40
- Membros
- 6,767
- Popularidade
- #3,614
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 97
- ISBN
- 474
- Línguas
- 10
- Marcado como favorito
- 3
The first half seems considerably stronger than the second; it possesses a light tone and some quite comic scenes poking fun at the characters - one involving a commissioned painting of the "humble" family is pure gold. The second half however swings wildly about, with long harangues on the political merits of monarchy and the problem of prison reform seeming like they were shoved in from elsewhere to bulk up the book, before the soap opera-ish grand finale in a prison cell, where a disguise is removed, one thought dead is returned, a love thought lost is restored, a villain receives his comeuppance, yada yada yada.
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