Author:Oliver Goldsmith

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Oliver Goldsmith
(1728–1774)

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Irish writer, poet and physician; best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem "The Deserted Village" (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765).

Works

An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe (1759) (external scan)
The Bee; being essays on the most interesting subjects (1759), eight weekly essays, 6 Oct0ber. to 24 November.
History of Mecklenburgh (1762)
The Mystery Revealed, containing a series of transactions and authentic testimonials respecting the supposed Cock Lane Ghost, 1742 (1762)
The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher residing in London to his Friends in the East (1762), in 2 vols. Internet Archive identifier: citizenworld03goldgoog, Internet Archive identifier: citizenworld00goldgoog
The Martial Review: or, a General History of the Late Wars (1763) Internet Archive identifier: martialreviewor00goldgoog
A History of England in a series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son (1764), in 2 vols. Internet Archive identifier: anhistoryenglan03goldgoog, Internet Archive identifier: anhistoryenglan04goldgoog
Essays (collected from ‘The Bee,’ &c.) (1765) IA
The Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome to the Destruction of the Roman Empire (1769), in 2 vols. Internet Archive identifier: romanhistoryfro00goldgoog
The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II. (1771), in 4 vols. Internet Archive identifier: historyenglandf01goldgoog, Internet Archive identifier: historyenglandf00goldgoog, Internet Archive identifier: historyenglandf02goldgoog, Internet Archive identifier: historyenglandf03goldgoog
The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great (1774) in 2 vols. Internet Archive identifier: grecianhistoryf01goldgoog
History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1774), in 8 vols. Template:IA small scan
A Survey of Experimental Philosophy considered in its Present State of Improvement (1776), in 2 vols.
Essays and criticisms: by Dr. Goldsmith; with an account of the author (1798), in 3 vols. Internet Archive identifier: essaysandcritic00goldgoog

Novels

The Vicar of Wakefield; a Tale, supposed to be written by himself (1766), in 2 vols. IA 1, IA 2

Poetry

The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society (1765)
The Deserted Village (1770)
Threnodia Augustalis (on death of Princess Dowager of Wales) (1772)
Retaliation, a Poem; including epitaphs on the most distinguished wits of this metropolis (1774)
The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare (1776)
Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog
The Village School Master
The poetical and dramatic works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. now first collected: with an account of the life and writings of the author (1780), in 2 vols.
The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith (1800) Internet Archive identifier: poemsolivergold00goldgoog
The Captivity, an Oratorio (1836)
The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith (1911), edited by Austin Dobson IA

Plays

The Good-natur'd Man (1768)
She stoops to conquer, or the Mistakes of a Night (1774) Internet Archive identifier: shestoopstoconq00collgoog

Biography

Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esquire (1762) IA
The Life of Thomas Parnell, compiled from original papers and memoirs (1770)
Life of Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke (1770)

Translation

Memoirs of a Protestant condemned to the Galleys (1758) by Jean Marteilhe, in 2 vols. Internet Archive identifier: memoirsaprotest00martgoog Vol. 2:?
Concise History of Philosophy (1766) by Formey
Comic Romance (1776) by Paul Scarron, in 2 vols.

As editor

The Beauties of English Poesy (1767), in 2 vols. Internet Archive identifier: beautiesenglish00goldgoog, Internet Archive identifier: beautiesenglish02goldgoog
Poems for Young Ladies: In Three Parts: Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining (1770)

Others

"The Lost Camel", "The Spectacles". An argosy of fables, 1921.
The chapters "Alexander Reduces Tyre, Later Founds Alexandria" and "Roman Invasion and Conquest of Britain" from The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2

Works about Goldsmith

"Goldsmith, Oliver," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Goldsmith, Oliver," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Goldsmith, Oliver," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography (1840) by Washington Irving

On his works

"Hardcastle," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
"She Stoops to Conquer," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
"Vicar of Wakefield, The," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1928, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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