{"product_id":"goldsmith-paperback-9781108034708","title":"Goldsmith (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108034708","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGoldsmith\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1878 biography of Oliver Goldsmith chronicles the colourful literary career of the Irish-born poet, dramatist and novelist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Black (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108034708, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e174 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.23 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWritten by Scottish novelist William Black (1841–98), this biography of the Irish-born poet, dramatist and novelist Oliver Goldsmith (c.1728–74) was published in 1878 as the sixth book in the first series of English Men of Letters. Goldsmith is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) and the play She Stoops to Conquer (1771), as well as his close association with Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, and William Hogarth. The biography is a colourful one: as Black observes, Goldsmith, who was trained as a physician but whose whole career was in literature, possessed a 'happy knack of enjoying the present hour', and his pursuit of pleasure frequently left him in debt. Black himself was one of the most prolific and popular writers of his day; a collected edition of his works published 1892–4 ran to twenty-six volumes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introductory\u003cbr\u003e 2. School and college\u003cbr\u003e 3. Idleness, and foreign travel\u003cbr\u003e 4. Early struggles - hack-writing\u003cbr\u003e 5. Beginning of authorship - The Bee\u003cbr\u003e 6. Personal traits\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Citizen of the World - Beau Nash\u003cbr\u003e 8. The arrest\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Traveller\u003cbr\u003e 10. Miscellaneous writing\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Vicar of Wakefield\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Good-natured Man\u003cbr\u003e 13. Goldsmith in society\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Deserted Village\u003cbr\u003e 15. Occasional writing\u003cbr\u003e 16. She Stoops to Conquer\u003cbr\u003e 17. Increasing difficulties - the end.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266041729304,"sku":"9781108034708","price":21.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108034708i.jpg?v=1694873809","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/goldsmith-paperback-9781108034708","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}