Oliver Goldsmith

<p>This biography written by celebrated American author Washington Irving offers a detailed account of the life and work of Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith. Best known for his novel <em>The Vicar of Wakefield</em> and the play <em>She Stoops to Conquer</em> Goldsmith led a tumultuous life marked by financial struggles and literary triumphs. Irving highlights Goldsmith's wit charm and his significant contributions to 18th-century literature painting a sympathetic portrait of a man whose personal hardships were often overshadowed by his artistic achievements.</p><p>Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American writer best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. This is a biography of Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) an Anglo-Irish writer poet and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771).</p>