Goldsmith, Oliver

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Goldsmith, Oliver (1730–74) Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, essayist, and dramatist. After a colourful but penurious early life, he became known as a lively comic writer. His work includes the essay collection The Citizen of the World (1762), the poem The Deserted Village (1770), the novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), and the play She Stoops to Conquer (1773).

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