Oliver Goldsmith's 18th century novel "The Vicar of Wakefield" was so popular in Victorian times that it is mentioned in many classics of that era including George Eliot's "Middlemarch," Jane Austen's "Emma," Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", amongst others. It is the story of Dr. Charles Primrose, the titular Vicar, his wife Deborah and their six children who live an idyllic life in a country parish. The Vicar...

The Poetry of Oliver Goldsmith, anthology: Table Of Contents The Traveller, The Deserted Village, Lyrical and Miscellaneous Pieces, On A Beautiful Youth Struck Blind With Lightning, The Gift, The Logicians Refuted, A Sonnet, Stanzas on the Taking of Quebec, And Death of an Elegy, On That Glory of Her Sex, Description of an Author's Bedchamber, On Seeing Mrs. ** Perform In The Character Of ****, Of The Death Of The Right Hon. ***, An Epigram, To G....

Washington Irving's engaging biography of Oliver Goldsmith (1730—1774), an Anglo-Irish essayist, poet, novelist, dramatist, and eccentric, famous for such works as the poem The Deserted Village, and the novel The Vicar of Wakefield, is essential reading for any student of English literature.

A Study Guide for Oliver Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

Kate is a well-bred lass who passes herself off as a barmaid in order to win the heart of her stuffy suitor. Full of mistaken identities and multiple deceptions, the play pokes fun at the various masks we all wear in different social situations. Along the way, each person learns much about the nature of true love.

Follows the lives of four teenage girls as their friendships and other relationships are strained by the appearance of a mysterious person threatening to tell their darkest secrets to the public.

Follows the lives of four teenage girls as their friendships and other relationships are strained by the appearance of a mysterious person threatening to tell their darkest secrets to the public.

A band of Nazi leaders, escaped from postwar Germany, scheme to return to power. Their plans to dominate the world are based on a bizarre biological experiment undertaken by Josef Mengele: to clone Hitler.