Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774)
Auteur de The Vicar of Wakefield
A propos de l'auteur
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, afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Oliver Goldsmith
Four Great Comedies of the Restoration and 18th Century: The Country Wife/School for Scandal/She Stoops to Conquer/Way… (1958) — Contributeur — 117 exemplaires
The Grecian history from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great (1796) 17 exemplaires
The English Comedie Humaine Sir Roger De Coverley, the Vicar of Wakefield, the Man of Feeling (1902) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Goldsmith's 'The Deserted Village: The Traveller' / Gray's 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard' (2010) 9 exemplaires
Beau Nash 9 exemplaires
Poems, Plays and Essays of Oliver Goldsmith. With a Critical Dissertation on His Poetry by John Aiken and an… (1880) 9 exemplaires
Goldsmith's The Deserted Village and Other Poems (Macmillan's Pocket American and English Classics) (1907) 9 exemplaires
Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of England: From the invasion of Julius Caesar to the… (1850) 8 exemplaires
An abridgment of the history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the death of George II (2011) 6 exemplaires
The bee and other essays 6 exemplaires
Retaliation, a poem 5 exemplaires
Poems, Plays, and Essays by Oliver Goldsmith with Introductory Essay by Henry T. Tuckerman. Memoir by John Aiken (1884) 3 exemplaires
The Vicar of Wakefield with the poems and plays 3 exemplaires
Two Plays: The Good Natur'd Man; She Stoops to Conquer; An Essay on the Theatre; Register of Scotch Marriages (1964) 3 exemplaires
Merrill's English Texts: An Elegy in a Country Churchyard (by Gray) and The Deserted Village (by Goldsmith) (2010) — Auteur — 3 exemplaires
The vicar of Wakefield Chef d'oeuvre series) 3 exemplaires
The Traveller, or a A Prospect of Society: The Deserted Village; and other poems (2023) 3 exemplaires
Goldsmith's Choice Works 3 exemplaires
Selected works 3 exemplaires
The history of Greece from the earliest state to the death of Alexander the Great : [with] a summary account of the… 2 exemplaires
Goldsmith's Comedies — Auteur — 2 exemplaires
The present state of the British Empire in Europe, America, Africa and Asia. Containing a concise account of our… 2 exemplaires
Compendio de la Historia Romana: Tomo Segundo 2 exemplaires
Goldsmith's Roman history. Abridged by himself, for the use of schools. First edition, divided into sections, for a… 2 exemplaires
The History of England: Vol III 2 exemplaires
Poems and Essays 2 exemplaires
Jacky Dandy's delight: or The history of birds and beasts; in verse and prose. : Adorned with a variety of cuts. :… 2 exemplaires
The Roman history: from the foundation of the city of Rome, to the destruction of the western Empire. By Dr. Goldsmith.… (2014) 2 exemplaires
The Complete Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Essays, Plays, Poetical Works, and Vicar of Wakefield; With Some… (2013) 2 exemplaires
The traveller, 1765; and The deserted village, 1770, with 'A prospect of society', 1764 (1970) 2 exemplaires
Pinnock's Goldsmith's Greece 2 exemplaires
She Stoops to Conquer; The Devil and Daniel Webster; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Adventures of Robin Hood (The (1986) 2 exemplaires
The Vicar of Wakefield, and She stoops to conquer; including the author's famous essay "On the theatre." 2 exemplaires
Compendio de la Historia Romana: Tomo Primero 2 exemplaires
Select Poems of Oliver Goldsmith 2 exemplaires
Путешествие Хамфри Клинкера; Векфильдский священник 2 exemplaires
Goldsmith : selected poems 2 exemplaires
Selections from Oliver Goldsmith 2 exemplaires
Essays and tales by Oliver Goldsmith. Edited by Rosalind Vallance. With an essay on Goldsmith by W. M. Thackeray (from… 2 exemplaires
A prospect of society 2 exemplaires
Storia di Roma dalle origini alla caduta dell’Impero romano d’Occidente (ristampa anastatica edizione del 1807) 1 exemplaire
The history of a philosophic vagabond 1 exemplaire
Goldsmith's The Deserted Village, The Traveler, Gray's Elegy In A Country Churchyard (1916) (2010) 1 exemplaire
Mrs. Mary Blaize - An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex [ R. Caldecott's Picture Books ] (1885) 1 exemplaire
Essays By Oliver Goldmsith, M. B. 1 exemplaire
The poems and plays of Oliver Goldsmith. With the addition of The Vicar of Wakefield, memoir, etc 1 exemplaire
Collected works 1 exemplaire
An Abridgment of the History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Death of George the Second 1 exemplaire
Rare She Stoops To Conquer or Mistakes Of A Night, Oliver Goldsmith EASTON PRESS (1978) 1 exemplaire
Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith: Comprising The Vicar of Wakefield, The Traveller etc. etc. and a Sketch of the… (1865) 1 exemplaire
Viocáire Wakefield 1 exemplaire
An history of England in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son, vol. ii (1764) 1 exemplaire
Wakefield Papazı 1 exemplaire
Goldsmith's history of the earth and animated nature, abridged : containing the natural history of animals, birds,… (2012) 1 exemplaire
Viocre Wakefield 1 exemplaire
1928 UK OLIVER GOLDSMITH VICAR OF WAKEFIELD THE BEE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD CLASSIC (1928) 1 exemplaire
The new method readers for teaching English reading to foreign children : Reader VII : The vicar of Wakefield 1 exemplaire
Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Greece : for the use of schools 1 exemplaire
Poems by Thomas Gray and William Collins. The deserted village [by] Oliver Goldsmith [Sound recording]. Read by Robert… — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Goldsmith Poetical Works 1 exemplaire
The Vicar of Wakefiled &c 1 exemplaire
Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Greece, abridged for the use of schools 1 exemplaire
Farář wakefieldský 1 exemplaire
Essays by Dr. Goldsmith. 1 exemplaire
She stoops to conquer, a comedy in five acts 1 exemplaire
The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. D. : With a memoir of the author, by Alex. Whitelaw, editor of… 1 exemplaire
The Poems of Cunningham and Goldsmith 1 exemplaire
LibriVox Coffee Break Collection 29 - Dogs 1 exemplaire
The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith 1 exemplaire
YANLIŞLIKLAR GECESİ 1 exemplaire
Pleban z Wakefieldu 1 exemplaire
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 exemplaire
The good natur'd man and She stoops to conquer 1 exemplaire
An abridgment of the History of England, from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the death of George II 1 exemplaire
The Vicar Of Wakefield & The Man of Feeling 1 exemplaire
Vicar of Wakefield with a Preface by Arthur Dobson and Illustrations by Hugh Thompson Custom-Bound Second Edition… 1 exemplaire
The Vicar of Wakefield and Others 1 exemplaire
The Students' Series of English Classics. Oliver Goldsmith's Traveller and Deserted Village. [Boston] 1 exemplaire
Complete Poetical Works 1 exemplaire
The Citizen Of the World - Volume Two 1 exemplaire
Poetical Works and The Vicar of Wakefield 1 exemplaire
The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B 1 exemplaire
Oliver goldsmith a selection from His Works 1 exemplaire
A survey of experimental philosophy, considered in its present state of improvement. Illustrated with cuts. In two… 1 exemplaire
Poetic Works: The Good-Natured Man Vol I 1 exemplaire
Asem, an Eastern Tale 1 exemplaire
The Disabled Soldier 1 exemplaire
The History of England; From the Earliest Period to the End of the Reign of George II by Dr. Goldsmith, Continued to… 1 exemplaire
Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith 1 exemplaire
Unacknowledged essays 1 exemplaire
Our National Prejudices 1 exemplaire
The vicar of Wakefield and other works 1 exemplaire
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature Volume 3 1 exemplaire
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature Volume 5 1 exemplaire
The Vicar of Wakefield and Other Stories 1 exemplaire
Oliver Goldsmith's Select Poems 1 exemplaire
British Novelists: Vol. I 1 exemplaire
Little Masterpieces: Goldsmith 1 exemplaire
Edwin and Angelina; a ballad 1 exemplaire
Goldsmith's Poems and Prose Works 1 exemplaire
The mystery revealed : containing a series of transactions and authentic testimonials, respecting the supposed… 1 exemplaire
The grumbler, an adaptation 1 exemplaire
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Vol I 1 exemplaire
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Vol III 1 exemplaire
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith Vol V 1 exemplaire
El Vicari de Wakefield I 1 exemplaire
El Vicari de Wakefield II 1 exemplaire
The life of Thomas Parnell, D.D. Archdeacon of Clogher. Compiled from original papers and memoirs: in which are… 1 exemplaire
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, with Life and Notes 1 exemplaire
Compendio della storia greca dalla sua origine fino alla riduzione della Grecia in Provincia romana. (1817) 1 exemplaire
The Vicar of Wakefield with a Prefatory memoir by George Saintsbury and one hundred and fourteen coloured… (1886) 1 exemplaire
[the Vicar of Wakefield, and Other Works ... With Introduction Notes and a Life of Oliver Goldsmith, by John Francis… (2010) 1 exemplaire
Oliver Goldsmith"s Selected Poems 1 exemplaire
Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Abridged: Containing the Natural History of Animals, Birds,… (2012) 1 exemplaire
E lei per conquistar si sottomette : con note storiche e critiche su Goldsmith e la sua opera 1 exemplaire
She stoops to conquer, and, The good natured man 1 exemplaire
Goldsmith's Poetical Works 1 exemplaire
The Good Natur'd Man. She Stoops to Conquer. An Essay on the Theatre. Regster of Scotch Marriages 1 exemplaire
The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith to which is added "The Vicar of Wakefield," "The Good-Natured Man," and "She… 1 exemplaire
The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, Tobias Smollett, Samuel Johnson, and William Shenstone : with biographical… 1 exemplaire
Good Two Shoes 1 exemplaire
Goldsmith Selected Essays 1 exemplaire
The Citizen of the World, or Letters From a Chinese Philosopher, Residing in London, to His Friends in the East, Vol. 1… (2015) 1 exemplaire
The Works of Oliver Goldsmith in Ten Volumes 1 exemplaire
The Citizen of the World, Letters Selected and Edited by J. C. Dent (The King's Treasuries of Literature - General… 1 exemplaire
Histoire d'Angleterre, par Olivier Goldsmith, continuée jusqu'en 1815 par Ch. Coste et jusqu'à nos jours par le… (1837) 1 exemplaire
The History of England, Vol. I 1 exemplaire
The History of England, Vol. II 1 exemplaire
The Citizen of the World Part I 1 exemplaire
The Bee 1 exemplaire
Political Works of Oliver Goldsmith 1 exemplaire
Poems and Plays 1 exemplaire
The Vicar of Wakefield She Stoops to Conquer The Deserted Village. Guild edition (1981) 1 exemplaire
The poetical works of oliver goldsmith with thirty illustrations by John Absolom, Bruce Foster, James Godwin and… (1851) 1 exemplaire
Der Weltbürger oder Briefe eines in London weilenden chinesischen Philosophen an seine Freunde im fernen Osten. (1985) 1 exemplaire
The citizen of the world: or, Letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the East 1 exemplaire
Letters from a Chinese Philosopher 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy [Norton Critical Edition] (1973) — Contributeur — 269 exemplaires
Modern English Drama: Dryden; Sheridan; Goldsmith; Shelley; Browning; Byron (1909) — Contributeur — 234 exemplaires
Twelve Famous Plays of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1933) — Contributeur — 141 exemplaires
Cavalcade of comedy; 21 brilliant comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward (1953) — Contributeur — 97 exemplaires
British Dramatists from Dryden to Sheridan (1939) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 92 exemplaires
Three English Comedies: She Stoops to Conquer; The Rivals; The School for Scandal (1955) — Contributeur — 52 exemplaires
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 1 (1974) — Contributeur — 20 exemplaires
English Verse: Volume 3: The Eighteenth Century: Swift to Crabbe (Penguin Classics) (1995) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributeur — 10 exemplaires
Selected Stories of Great Authors — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Gray: Poetry & Prose, With Essays by Johnson, Goldsmith and others — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Anthology of Romanticism Volume Two: Selections From The Pre-Romantic Movement — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Autres noms
- Willington, James (pseudonym)
- Date de naissance
- 1730-11-10
- Date de décès
- 1774-04-04
- Lieu de sépulture
- Temple Church, London, England, UK
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Ireland (birth)
UK - Pays (pour la carte)
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland
Smith-Hill House, Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland - Lieu du décès
- London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Smith-Hill House, Elphin, Roscommon, Ireland (possible birth location)
Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland (possible birth location)
Lissoy, Ireland
London, England, UK (death) - Études
- Trinity College, Dublin (BA|1749)
University of Edinburgh (BM|1755)
University of Leiden
University of Padua - Professions
- essayist
novelist
translator
poet
playwright
physician (tout afficher 8)
apothecary's assistant
literary drudge, Monthly Review - Relations
- Johnson, Samuel (friend)
Goldsmith, Charles (father) - Organisations
- The Literary Club
- Courte biographie
- Goldsmith's birth year is under dispute. 1728 or 1730. Some biographers report his birthplace in Elphin, Roscommon.
Membres
Discussions
Folio Archives 343: The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith 1971 à Folio Society Devotees (Octobre 2023)
Folio Archives 318: The Citizen of the World by Oliver Goldsmith 1969 à Folio Society Devotees (Mai 2023)
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