The Citizen of the World ( 1760-61 ). Goldsmith
puts criticism of English manners and mores into the letters written by
a fictional Chinese gentleman, Lien Chi Altangi. This work shows the influence
of Montesquieu's Persian Letters. One may well wonder where Goldy
got the name Altangi.
The Traveler ( 1764 ). The traveler-narrator
fails to find happiness abroad and concludes that it is to be found in
one's own mind: " Our own felicity we make or find."
The Vicar of Wakefield ( 1766 ). On
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The Deserted Village ( 1770 ). Nostalgic
poem about the passing of a simpler, happier, rural past. On
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The Life of Richard Nash ( 1762 ). Beau
Nash, Master of Ceremonies at Bath, was an institution in Eighteenth Century
England.
She Stoops to Conquer ( 1773 ). On
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Collected Letters. Edited by Katherine
C. Balderston. Cambridge, 1928.
About Goldsmith:
Ralph M. Wardle, Oliver Goldsmith. Kansas,
1957.