Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish writer best known for his works such as The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), The Good-Natur'd Man (1768), The Deserted Village (1770) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771). He is thought by some to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765).
Oliver Goldsmith
Author details
- Born:
- Dec. 27, 1728
- Died:
- Dec. 27, 1774
External links
Books by Oliver Goldsmith
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1
by William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas More, and 71 others
