Oliver Goldsmith

"Oliver Goldsmith" by E. S. Lang Buckland is a biography that tells the story of the famous Irish writer and what he gave to books, poems, and funny stories. It shows how much readers and people who lived when he did liked him. The book talks about Goldsmith's life, starting from when he wasn't rich to when he became a well-known person in English writing. The biography starts by looking at Goldsmith's family and his early years in Ireland, explaining what helped him become the person he was and how it affected his writing. We learn about his childhood in Lissoy, where he felt both loved and uncared for, which led him to his career in writing. The story mentions his education, his problems with being poor, and the important friendships that changed his life, showing how kind he was, how naturally smart he was, and all the different things that happened to him that would later show up in his books and touch so many people.