THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD THE TRAVELLER THE DESERTED VILLAGE THE HAUNCH OF VENISON THE CAPTIVITY: AN ORATORIO RETALIATION MISCELLANEOUS POEMS THE GOOD-NATURED MAN SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER The middle of the last century was an evil time, in England, for literature and for literary men. The period was eminently one of transition; and transition periods are always times of trial to all whose interests they affect. The old system passes away, bearing with it those who cling to it; the new system requires time until it is in working order, and those who depend upon its advent for their subsistence are sorely harassed while the turmoil lasts. Thus it was with literature at the time when Goldsmith began…
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