Pinnock's Improved Edition Of Dr. Goldsmith's Abridgment Of The History Of England From The Invasion Of Julius Caesar To The Death Of George Ii, With A Continuation To The Present Time

by Oliver Goldsmith, William Pinnock, William Cooke Taylor (Creator)

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510 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1793

About the author

Literary reputation of Irish-born British writer Oliver Goldsmith rests on his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and the dramatic comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773).

This Anglo-Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, and essayist wrote, translated, or compiled more than forty volumes. Good sense, moderation, balance, order, and intellectual honesty mark the works for which people remember him.