Oliver Goldsmith

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Oliver Goldsmith


Born
in County Roscommon or County Longford, Ireland
November 10, 1730

Died
April 04, 1774

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Literary reputation of Irish-born British writer Oliver Goldsmith rests on his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and the dramatic comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773).

This Anglo-Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, and essayist wrote, translated, or compiled more than forty volumes. Good sense, moderation, balance, order, and intellectual honesty mark the works for which people remember him.
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Average rating: 3.58 · 25,368 ratings · 1,450 reviews · 2,883 distinct worksSimilar authors
She Stoops to Conquer

3.65 avg rating — 12,072 ratings — published 1773 — 336 editions
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The Vicar of Wakefield

3.46 avg rating — 10,426 ratings — published 1766 — 1896 editions
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The History of Little Goody...

3.14 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 1765 — 230 editions
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The Deserted Village

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3.51 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1770 — 7 editions
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She Stoops to Conquer: And ...

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3.57 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1791 — 3 editions
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The Deserted Village and Ot...

3.38 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1770 — 2 editions
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An Elegy on the Death of a ...

3.64 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1766 — 57 editions
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The Citizen of the World, O...

3.62 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1760 — 195 editions
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She Stoops to Conquer / Sch...

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3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1966 — 2 editions
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The Good-Natur'd Man

3.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1884 — 83 editions
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Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith  (?)
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“Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.”
Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer

“I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”
Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield

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