The Life of Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving

The Minerva Group, Inc., 2001 - Fiction - 312 pages

Contents

• Preface: 9
• Birth and ParentageMistakes of a Night: 11
• Improvident Marriages in the Goldsmith FamilyA Dance Interrupted: 21
• Goldsmith Rejected by the BishopThe Counselor: 33
• Sallies forth as a Law StudentA Poets Purse for a Continental Tour: 40
• The Agreeable Fellow PassengersTraveling Shifts of a Philosophic Vagabond: 50
• Landing in EnglandProject of the Written Mountains: 59
• Life of a PedagogueRupture with the Griffiths: 65
• Newberry of Picture Book MemoryLetter to Hodson: 69
• Hackney AuthorshipLetter to Cousin Jane: 75
• Oriental Appointment and DissapointmentScroggins an attempt at Mock Heroic Poetry: 83
• Publication of The InquiryThe Robin Hood Club: 97
• New LodginsCriticism of the Cudgel: 103
• Oriental ProjectsAnecdotes of Johnson and Goldsmith: 108
• Hogarth a Visitor at IslingtonGoldsmith at the Club: 115
• Johnson a Monitor to GoldsmithObservations on the Poem: 124
• New LodginsMrsSidebotham: 129
• Publication of the Vicar of WakefieldProject of a Comedy: 137
• Social Condition of GoldsmithAnecdotes and Illustrations: 144
• Social ResortsGlover and His Characteristics: 150
• The Great Cham of Literature and the KingTheir Correspondence: 154
• More Hack AuthorshipDeath of Newbery the Elder: 159
• Theatrical ManeuveringIntermeddling of the Press: 163
• Burning the Canddle at Both EndsPoor Friends among Great Acquaintances: 168
• Reduced Again to Book BuildingTributes to his Memory in the Deserted Village: 172
• Dinner at BickerstaffsThe Jessamy Bride: 176
• Goldsmith in the TempleAnecdotes of a Spider: 182
• Honors at the Royal AcademyJohnson and Goldsmith in Westminster Abbey: 189
• Publication of the Deserted VillageNotices and Illustrations of It: 195
• The Poet among the LadiesAn Unlucky Exploit: 201
• Death of Goldsmiths MotherThe Haunch of Venison: 210
• Dinner at the Royal AcademyLetter to Bennet Langton: 214
• Marriage of Little ComedyAquatic Misadventure: 219
• Dinner at General OglethorpesGhost Stories: 222
• Mr Joseph CraddockThe Fantoccini: 226
• Broken HealthThe Poet at Ranelagh: 234
• Invitation to ChristmasA Dance with the Jessamy Bride: 242
• Theatrical DelaysColman Squibbed out of Town: 247
• A Newspaper AttackJohnsons Comment: 257
• Changes in the Literary ClubElection of Boswell: 270
• Dinner at DillysA Farewell Visit: 273
• Project DictionaryA High Minded Rebuke: 278
• Toil Whithout HopeAn Invitation to Pleasure: 283
• A Return to DrudgeryA Last Word Respecting the Jessamy Bride: 288
• The FuneralConcluding Reflections: 297

About the author

Washington Irving, one of the first Americans to achieve international recognition as an author, was born in New York City in 1783. His A History of New York, published in 1809 under the name of Diedrich Knickerbocker, was a satirical history of New York that spanned the years from 1609 to 1664. Under another pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, he wrote The Sketch-book, which included essays about English folk customs, essays about the American Indian, and the two American stories for which he is most renowned--"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." Irving served as a member of the U.S. legation in Spain from 1826 to 1829 and as minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Following his return to the U.S. in 1846, he began work on a five-volume biography of Washington that was published from 1855-1859. Washington Irving died in 1859 in New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Life of Oliver Goldsmith
• Author: Washington Irving
• Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc., 2001
• ISBN: 1589632362, 9781589632363
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics