Oliver Goldsmith

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Oliver Goldsmith

Selections From The Citizen Of The World And Other Essays, Animated Nature, The Vicar Of Wakefield, With The Deserted Village (1901)

Beschreibung

Oliver Goldsmith: Selections From The Citizen Of The World And Other Essays, Animated Nature, The Vicar Of Wakefield, With The Deserted Village (1901) is a collection of literary works by the renowned Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. The book includes a selection of essays from Goldsmith's famous work, The Citizen of the World, which is a series of letters written by a Chinese traveler who offers satirical commentary on English society. Additionally, the book features Animated Nature, a scientific work on the natural world, and The Vicar of Wakefield, a novel that tells the story of a clergyman and his family. Lastly, the book includes The Deserted Village, a poem that mourns the loss of rural life and the effects of industrialization on society. This collection offers readers a comprehensive look at Goldsmith's diverse literary talents and his contributions to English literature.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781437075489
• ISBN-10: 1437075487
• Artikelnr.: 25508947