The Deserted Village and Other Poems
1770
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"Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village of the plain..." This is one of Goldsmith's greatest achievements, a poem that is so good to read yet which has such a significant message in showing how social change is affecting old traditions. Goldsmith, playwright, novelist and poet, was praised by Dr Johnson as adorning whatever he touched. But Goldsmith worked long and hard as a hack writer, narrowly escaping imprisonment for debt before achieving fame and success. 'The Deserted Village' was published in 1770 and evokes the idyllic, pastoral life of Auburn in the days of prosperous peace—it is a powerful lament for a Golden Age past and gone.
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Author
Oliver Goldsmith
Author · 13 books
Literary reputation of Irish-born British writer Oliver Goldsmith rests on his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and the dramatic comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773). This Anglo-Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, and essayist wrote, translated, or compiled more than forty volumes. Good sense, moderation, balance, order, and intellectual honesty mark the works for which people remember him.
