The Collected Letters of Oliver Goldsmith

Originally published in 1928, this book contains a collection of letters by the playwright and author Oliver Goldmith.

Katharine C. Balderston (Edited by)

9781107497580, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 April 2015

244 pages
20.3 x 13.3 x 1.4 cm, 0.28 kg

Originally published in 1928, this book contains a collection of letters by the playwright and author Oliver Goldmith, author of She Stoops to Conquer and The Vicar of Wakefield, written between 1752 and 1774. Balderston includes letters which only exist in a fragmentary form, and includes doubtful and forged letters in appendices at the end. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Goldsmith's life and work.

Introduction: 1. Goldsmith and his family
2. The adventure upon Fiddleback
3. Goldsmith's East India plan
4. The Threnodia Augustalis
5. The production of She Stoops to Conquer
6. The text
Letters
Appendix I. Doubtful letters
Appendix II. Forged letters
Appendix III. The text of Mrs Hodson's narrative of Goldsmith's early life
List of correspondents, alphabetically arranged
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]