The eighteenth-century novel describing simple life and human nature in provincial England
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Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774) was born in Ireland. Having studied at Trinity College, Dublin, he studied medicine at Edinburgh and Leyden after being rejected by the Church of Ireland. Settling in London, he was writing professionally by 1757 and became a friend of Johnson. Best known for She Stoops to Conquer, The Vicar of Wakefield is his only novel and is generally considered his finest work.Stephen Coote was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge and Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of critical studies of Chaucer, T.S. Eliot and English literature of the Middle Ages, as well as biographies of Byron and William Morris.
Originally published in 1891. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.
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Vendeur : Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. A 1971 reprint of the 1908 issuance. Oliver Goldsmith's novel, first published in 1766, has long entertained readers for its portrayal of the simple country life in England. The work was a favorite of Sir Walter Scott, Charles Dickens and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. This Everyman's Library edition with an introduction by Everyman's Library publisher J. M. Dent. Entry 295 in Everyman's Library fiction series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 5. Full blue cloth-look paper-covered boards with titling and "Everyman's Library" gilt-stamped on spine, dolphin-and-anchor device borrowed from Aldine Press in gilt at tail of spine; blue topstain & endpapers. In simple typographic yellowish-green dust jacket variant. --- An about-Near Fine copy: bright, tightly-bound and unmarked, though with prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Unclipped jacket (75p net) with some discoloration and rubbing, otherwise intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xiv, 222 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 89830
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Vendeur : Antiquariat Bücherkeller Nachf. Wörz, Berlin, Allemagne
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