Poems For Young Ladies: In Three Parts, Devotional, Moral, And Entertaining (1770)

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Kessinger Publishing, 2009 - 260 стор.
""Poems For Young Ladies: In Three Parts, Devotional, Moral, And Entertaining"" is a collection of poems written by Oliver Goldsmith and published in 1770. The book is divided into three parts, with each section containing poems that focus on a specific theme. The first part is devoted to devotional poems that encourage young women to lead a pious and virtuous life. The second part contains moral poems that emphasize the importance of good behavior and proper conduct. The final part is made up of entertaining poems that are designed to delight and amuse readers. Throughout the book, Goldsmith's writing style is characterized by its elegance, wit, and sensitivity. The poems are intended to provide guidance and inspiration to young women as they navigate the challenges of growing up and finding their place in the world. ""Poems For Young Ladies"" is a timeless classic that continues to be read and appreciated by readers of all ages.The Whole Being A Collection Of The Best Pieces In Our Language.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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As Samuel Johnson said in his famous epitaph on his Irish-born and educated friend, Goldsmith ornamented whatever he touched with his pen. A professional writer who died in his prime, Goldsmith wrote the best comedy of his day, She Stoops to Conquer (1773). Amongst a plethora of other fine works, he also wrote The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), which, despite major plot inconsistencies and the intrusion of poems, essays, tales, and lectures apparently foreign to its central concerns, remains one of the most engaging fictional works in English. One reason for its appeal is the character of the narrator, Dr. Primrose, who is at once a slightly absurd pedant, an impatient traditional father of teenagers, a Job-like figure heroically facing life's blows, and an alertly curious, helpful, loving person. Another reason is Goldsmith's own mixture of delight and amused condescension (analogous to, though not identical with, Laurence Sterne's in Tristram Shandy and Johnson's in Rasselas, both contemporaneous) as he looks at the vicar and his domestic group, fit representatives of a ludicrous but workable world. Never married and always facing financial problems, he died in London and was buried in Temple Churchyard.

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