The collected letters of Oliver Goldsmith
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2015. First Edition. First paperback edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #432175
ISBN: 9781107497580
Physical Description; 189 pages ; 21 cm. Summary; Originally published in 1928, this book contains a collection of letters by the playwright and author Oliver Goldmith, author of She Stoops to Conquer and The Vicar of Wakefield, written between 1752 and 1774. Balderston includes letters which only exist in a fragmentary form, as well as doubtful and forged letters. Contents; Introduction: 1. Goldsmith and his family; 2. The adventure upon Fiddleback; 3. Goldsmith's East India plan; 4. The Threnodia Augustalis; 5. The production of She Stoops to Conquer; 6. The text; Letters; Appendix I. Doubtful letters; Appendix II. Forged letters; Appendix III. The text of Mrs Hodson's narrative of Goldsmith's early life; List of correspondents, alphabetically arranged; Index. Subjects; 1700-1799. Authors, English. Authors, English 18th century Correspondence. Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774. Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774 Correspondence. Personal correspondence.
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