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1、Moreoxfordbooks@www.OxfordeBook.comForemoreurdubooksvisitwww.4Urdu.comMoreoxfordbooks@www.OxfordeBook.comoxfordworld’sclassicsTHEVICAROFWAKEFIELDOliverGoldsmithwasbornin1730(?),thesecondsonofCharlesGoldsmith,curateoftheparishofKilkennyWestinWestMeathinIreland.In1745hewasadmittedtoTrinityCollegeD
2、ublin.Hequicklydissipatedhissavingsbygambling,whichwastobecomeanabidinginterest.AfterperiodsattheUniversitiesofEdinburghandLeydenhespent1755–6travellinginEurope,whereheisreputedtohaveekedoutalivingbyplayingthefluteanddisputingdoctrinalpointsatmonasteriesanduniversities.Beforeembarkingonawritingca
3、reerheworkedinLondonasanapothecary’sassistant,adoctor,andaschoolusher.Acombinationofoverwork,worry,andpoorself-treatmenthastenedhisdeathin1774.Goldsmith’sabilityandrangeasaprofessionalwriterwereconsiderable.BestknownperhapsforTheVicarofWakefield,hewasalsotheauthorofbiographies,anthologies,transla
4、tions,poems(TheTraveller,1764,andTheDesertedVillage,1770),plays(SheStoopstoConquer,1773),aswellasnumerousreviewsandessays.ArthurFriedmanisthelatedistinguishedProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofChicagoandeditorofGoldsmith’sCollectedWorks.RobertL.MackisalecturerintheSchoolofEnglishattheUniversityo
5、fExeter.HehaspreviouslytaughtatPrincetonUniversityandVanderbiltUniversity,andistheeditoroftheArabianNights’EntertainmentsandOrientalTalesforOxfordWorld’sClassics.Hisbiog-raphyofthepoetThomasGraywaspublishedbyYaleUniversityPressin2000.Foremoreurdubooksvisitwww.4Urdu.comMoreoxfordbooks@www.Oxforde
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