The Life of Oliver Goldsmith (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

By Washington Irving

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Release date: Mar 15, 2011
• ISBN: 9781411439818

Washington Irving

Washington Irving Was born in New York City in 1783. He lived in the United States, England, and Spain (where he served as an American diplomatic attache). A prolific author, Irving wrote The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New York, The Alhambra, and biographies of George Washington and Christopher Columbus, among other works. He is best remembered, however, for his two most famous stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle."