Oliver Goldsmith

Broschiertes Buch

An Abridgement Of The History Of England

From The Invasion Of Julius Cæsar To The Death Of George The Second

Beschreibung

An Abridgement Of The History Of England : From The Invasion Of Julius Cæsar To The Death Of George The Second has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Autor

Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish author, playwright, dramatist, and poet who lived from 10 November 1728 to 4 April 1774. Goldsmith claimed to a biographer that he was born on November 10, 1728, yet his exact birthdate and year are unknown. He was either born in the Smith Hill House in the vicinity of Elphin, County Roscommon, or at Pallas, close to Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland. His schooling seems to have mostly given him a liking for expensive clothing, card games, Irish tunes, and playing the flute. Goldsmith, a perpetual debtor and gambling addict, wrote a ton for London's publishers while working as a hack writer on Grub Street. To publish his 1758 translation of the memoirs of the Huguenot Jean Marteilhe, he assumed the alias ""James Willington"" at this time. His contemporaries regarded him as envious, impulsive, and disorganized, with a history of planning to immigrate to America but failing because he missed his ship. The incorrect diagnosis of his kidney ailment before his untimely death in 1774 may have contributed to it. Goldsmith was laid to rest in London's Temple Church. At the location of his interment, a memorial honoring him had previously been erected, but it had been destroyed in a 1941 air strike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 631g
• ISBN-13: 9789354441196
• ISBN-10: 935444119X
• Artikelnr.: 61268126