Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774)
Autore di The Vicar of Wakefield
Sull'Autore
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, mostra altro 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) mostra meno
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Opere di Oliver Goldsmith
Four Great Comedies of the Restoration and 18th Century: The Country Wife/School for Scandal/She Stoops to Conquer/Way… (1958) — Collaboratore — 116 copie
The English Comedie Humaine Sir Roger De Coverley, the Vicar of Wakefield, the Man of Feeling (1902) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Goldsmith's 'The Deserted Village: The Traveller' / Gray's 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard' (2010) 9 copie
Beau Nash 9 copie
Poems, Plays and Essays of Oliver Goldsmith. With a Critical Dissertation on His Poetry by John Aiken and an… (1880) 9 copie
Goldsmith's The Deserted Village and Other Poems (Macmillan's Pocket American and English Classics) (1907) 8 copie
Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of England: From the invasion of Julius Caesar to the… (1850) 8 copie
An abridgment of the history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the death of George II (2011) 6 copie
The bee and other essays 6 copie
Retaliation, a poem 5 copie
Poems, Plays, and Essays by Oliver Goldsmith with Introductory Essay by Henry T. Tuckerman. Memoir by John Aiken (1884) 3 copie
Merrill's English Texts: An Elegy in a Country Churchyard (by Gray) and The Deserted Village (by Goldsmith) (2010) — Autore — 3 copie
Selected works 3 copie
Goldsmith's Roman history. Abridged by himself. For hte use of Schools. Fourth American edition. 3 copie
Goldsmith's Choice Works 3 copie
A prospect of society 2 copie
The Complete Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Essays, Plays, Poetical Works, and Vicar of Wakefield; With Some… (2013) 2 copie
The traveller, 1765; and The deserted village, 1770, with 'A prospect of society', 1764 (1970) 2 copie
Poems and Essays 2 copie
Goldsmith's Comedies — Autore — 2 copie
The History of England: Vol III 2 copie
The Roman history: from the foundation of the city of Rome, to the destruction of the western Empire. By Dr. Goldsmith.… (2014) 2 copie
Pinnock's Goldsmith's Greece 2 copie
Selections from Oliver Goldsmith 2 copie
She Stoops to Conquer; The Devil and Daniel Webster; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Adventures of Robin Hood (The (1986) 2 copie
Select Poems of Oliver Goldsmith 2 copie
Goldsmith : selected poems 2 copie
Wakefield Papazı 1 copia
The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith. With the addition of The Vicar of Wakefield, memoir, etc 1 copia
Collected works 1 copia
Goldsmith's The Deserted Village, The Traveler, Gray's Elegy In A Country Churchyard (1916) (2010) 1 copia
Goldsmith's history of the earth and animated nature, abridged : containing the natural history of animals, birds,… (2012) 1 copia
Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith: Comprising The Vicar of Wakefield, The Traveller etc. etc. and a Sketch of the… (1865) 1 copia
Viocre Wakefield 1 copia
Viocáire Wakefield 1 copia
Goldsmith Poetical Works 1 copia
Poems by Thomas Gray and William Collins. The deserted village [by] Oliver Goldsmith [Sound recording]. Read by Robert… — Autore — 1 copia
The Vicar of Wakefiled &c 1 copia
Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Greece, abridged for the use of schools 1 copia
Farář wakefieldský 1 copia
YANLIŞLIKLAR GECESİ 1 copia
Pleban z Wakefieldu 1 copia
Complete Poetical Works 1 copia
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 copia
The Vicar of Wakefield with a Prefatory memoir by George Saintsbury and one hundred and fourteen coloured… (1886) 1 copia
Asem, an Eastern Tale 1 copia
The Disabled Soldier 1 copia
Unacknowledged essays 1 copia
Our National Prejudices 1 copia
Oliver Goldsmith's Select Poems 1 copia
British Novelists: Vol. I 1 copia
Little Masterpieces: Goldsmith 1 copia
Edwin and Angelina; a ballad 1 copia
The grumbler, an adaptation 1 copia
El Vicari de Wakefield I 1 copia
El Vicari de Wakefield II 1 copia
The Citizen of the World, or Letters From a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East, Vol. 1… (2015) 1 copia
Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Abridged: Containing the Natural History of Animals, Birds,… (2012) 1 copia
E lei per conquistar si sottomette : con note storiche e critiche su Goldsmith e la sua opera 1 copia
[the Vicar of Wakefield, and Other Works ... With Introduction Notes and a Life of Oliver Goldsmith, by John Francis… (2010) 1 copia
Goldsmith's Poetical Works 1 copia
The Good Natur'd Man. She Stoops to Conquer. An Essay on the Theatre. Regster of Scotch Marriages 1 copia
Good Two Shoes 1 copia
Goldsmith Selected Essays 1 copia
Compendio della storia greca dalla sua origine fino alla riduzione della Grecia in Provincia romana. (1817) 1 copia
Histoire d'Angleterre, par Olivier Goldsmith, continuée jusqu'en 1815 par Ch. Coste et jusqu'à nos jours par le… (1837) 1 copia
The History of England, Vol. I 1 copia
The History of England, Vol. II 1 copia
The Citizen of the World Part I 1 copia
The Bee 1 copia
Poems and Plays 1 copia
The poetical works of oliver goldsmith with thirty illustrations by John Absolom, Bruce Foster, James Godwin and… (1851) 1 copia
Opere correlate
Four English Comedies: Valpone; The Way of the World; She Stoops to Conquer; The School for Scandal (1606) — Collaboratore — 364 copie
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy [Norton Critical Edition] (1973) — Collaboratore — 270 copie
Modern English Drama: Dryden; Sheridan; Goldsmith; Shelley; Browning; Byron (1909) — Collaboratore — 234 copie
Cavalcade of comedy; 21 brilliant comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward (1953) — Collaboratore — 96 copie
Three English Comedies: She Stoops to Conquer; The Rivals; The School for Scandal (1955) — Collaboratore — 52 copie
English Verse: Volume 3: The Eighteenth Century: Swift to Crabbe (Penguin Classics) (1995) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
Selected Stories of Great Authors — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Gray: Poetry & Prose, With Essays by Johnson, Goldsmith and others — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Anthology of Romanticism Volume Two: Selections From The Pre-Romantic Movement — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Altri nomi
- Willington, James (pseudonym)
- Data di nascita
- 1730-11-10
- Data di morte
- 1774-04-04
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Temple Church, London, England, UK
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Ireland (birth)
UK - Nazione (per mappa)
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland
Smith-Hill House, Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland - Luogo di morte
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Smith-Hill House, Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland (possible birth location)
Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland (possible birth location)
Lissoy, Ireland
London, England, UK (death) - Istruzione
- Trinity College, Dublin (BA|1749)
University of Edinburgh (BM|1755)
University of Leiden
University of Padua - Attività lavorative
- essayist
novelist
translator
poet
playwright
physician (mostra tutto 8)
apothecary's assistant
literary drudge, Monthly Review - Relazioni
- Johnson, Samuel (friend)
Goldsmith, Charles (father) - Organizzazioni
- The Literary Club
- Breve biografia
- Goldsmith's birth year is under dispute. 1728 or 1730. Some biographers report his birthplace in Elphin, Roscommon.
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Discussioni
Folio Archives 343: The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith 1971 in Folio Society Devotees (Ottobre 2023)
Folio Archives 318: The Citizen of the World by Oliver Goldsmith 1969 in Folio Society Devotees (Mag 2023)
Recensioni
Three and a half stars. The second half was better than the first -- after the first half, the influence on Little Women became quite clear to me.
What I like about this book is that it invites the reader to reflect on the possibility of happiness in extremely difficult circumstances, just like War and Peace does.
What I like about this book is that it invites the reader to reflect on the possibility of happiness in extremely difficult circumstances, just like War and Peace does.
4.5*
2020 reread - just what I needed today!
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2016 reread:
I still think that this play needs to be seen to fully appreciate it but I liked this audiobook recording of a live performance. It was easier to listen to this time (I have had more practice!) and thus I found it even funnier than when I heard it a few years ago.
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May 2014 review
4.5 stars. This full cast audiobook was a fun way to revisit one of my favorite Restoration comedies. However, I did find that some of the humor was a bit harder to visualize listening rather than reading.… (altro)
2020 reread - just what I needed today!
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2016 reread:
I still think that this play needs to be seen to fully appreciate it but I liked this audiobook recording of a live performance. It was easier to listen to this time (I have had more practice!) and thus I found it even funnier than when I heard it a few years ago.
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May 2014 review
4.5 stars. This full cast audiobook was a fun way to revisit one of my favorite Restoration comedies. However, I did find that some of the humor was a bit harder to visualize listening rather than reading.… (altro)
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- Opere
- 268
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- 40
- Utenti
- 6,625
- Popolarità
- #3,698
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 96
- ISBN
- 474
- Lingue
- 10
- Preferito da
- 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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