Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) was an Irish novelist, poet, and playwright associated with the literary circles of eighteenth-century London. Best known for The Vicar of Wakefield, the poem The Deserted Village, and the play She Stoops to Conquer, Goldsmith combined humor, sentiment, and social observation in works that bridged Augustan and early Romantic sensibilities. His writings remain central to the study of eighteenth-century English literature.