The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith | Characters, Summary, Analysis

Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, poet, dramatist, and short story writer born on 10 November 1728 in Ireland and died on 4 April 1774. Goldsmith is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield, which is about family endurance. Published in 1764, it became one of the most successful novels of the eighteenth century and continued its successful run during the Victorian era.
Goldsmith wrote the novel in 1762. Facing financial troubles, he asked Samuel Johnson for help finding a publisher for his novel. Samuel Johnson checked the merits of the novel and agreed to help Goldsmith. He sold the novel to a bookseller and publisher for sixty pounds, which Oliver Goldsmith used to pay his rent and bills.
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