Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's Abridgement of the History of Rome: to Which Is Prefixed an Introduction to the Study of Roman History, and a Great Variety of Valuable Information Added Throughout the Work, on the Manners, Institutions and A

by Oliver Goldsmith (Creator)

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Genres: History

442 pages, Paperback

First published July 21, 2009

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.