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Writers from Old Age to Neoclassical period. (গুরুত্বপূর্ণ লেখকগণের সম্পর্কে ভালভাবে পড়তে হবে এবং অপেক্ষাকৃত কম গুরুত্বপূর্ণ (বিসিএসের জন্য) যারা আছেন তাঁদের প্রধান সাহিত্যকর্মগুলো সম্পর্কে ধারণা রাখলেই চলবে।) Geoffrey Chaucer, John Wycliffe, William Shakespeare, University Wits (Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, Thomas Lodge, George Peele, John Lyly, Thomas Kyd), Ben Johnson, Cavalier Poets (Richard Lovelace, Sir John Suckling, Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew), Metaphysical poet (John Donne, Henry Vaughan, Andrew Marvell, John Cleveland, Abraham Cowley, George Herbert and Richard Crashaw), Thomas Moore, Edmund Spenser, Thomas Norton, Thomas Sackville. Others: Caedmon, Cynewulf, Roger Bacon, William Langland, Alfred the Great, Venerable Bede, Sir Philip Sidney, Francis Bacon, John Milton, John Bunyan, John Dryden, John Locke, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Gray, Edmund Burke, Nicholas Udall, Beaumont and Fletcher, George Chapman, John Webster, Cyril Tourneur, Henry Vaughan, Thomas Hobbes, Jeremy Taylor, Samuel Butler, William Congreve, George Farquhar, Edmund Waller, Samuel Richardson, Oliver Goldsmith, Edward Gibbon. সোর্স: যেকোনো গাইড বই, An ABC OF English Literature - Dr. M. Mofizar Rahman ও ব্রিটানিকা।
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'Captain Singleton' was written by -
  1. ক) Jonathon Swift
  2. খ) Daniel Defoe
  3. গ) John Webster
  4. ঘ) Oliver Goldsmith
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) Daniel Defoe
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) Daniel Defoe
ব্যাখ্যা
Daniel Defoe (1659 - 1761) is a famous English writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy.
- He is famous for his novels.

His novels are:
- Robinson Crusoe,
- Captain Singleton,
- Moll Flanders,
- Colonel Jack,
- Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.
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'The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic' was written by-
  1. ক) Roger Bacon
  2. খ) Edward Gibbon
  3. গ) Thomas Hobbes
  4. ঘ) Oliver Goldsmith
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) Thomas Hobbes
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) Thomas Hobbes
ব্যাখ্যা
Thomas Hobbes is the author of “The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic”.
- It was written in 1640, published in a misedited unauthorized version in 1650.
- It was Hobbes’s first work of political philosophy, though he did not intend it for publication as a book.

His experience during a time of upheaval in England influenced his thoughts, which he captured in:
- The Elements of Law: Natural and Politic (1640)
- De Cive [On the Citizen] (1642)
- Leviathan (1651).

Source: An ABC OF English Literature - Dr. M. Mofizar Rahman & Britannica.com
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The Great epic 'Paradise Lost' is written in-
  1. ক) Rhymed Verse
  2. খ) Free Verse
  3. গ) Non-verse
  4. ঘ) Blank Verse
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) Blank Verse
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) Blank Verse
ব্যাখ্যা
A 'Blank Verse' is a poem with no rhyme at the end but does have iambic pentameter.
- In blank verse, the last word of a line does not rhyme with the last word of any of the successive lines. 
- 'Paradise Lost' is written in Blank verse by John Milton.
- John Milton is called 'A great master of verse in the Puritan Period'.
- His famous epics are Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman & Encyclopaedia of Britannica.
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‘The Alchemist’ is written in_____.
  1. ক) Elizabethan Age
  2. খ) Jacobean Age
  3. গ) Caroline Age
  4. ঘ) Commonwealth Age
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) Jacobean Age
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) Jacobean Age
ব্যাখ্যা
The Jacobean Age is named after James I who reigned England from 1603 to 1625.
Ben Jonson wrote ‘The Alchemist’ in 1610 during The Jacobean Age. 
Ben Jonson had started writing in the Elizabethan Age. 
In Jacobean Age he wrote - 
- Volpone
- The Silent Women
- The Alchemist

Source: An ABC of English Literature by Dr. M. Mofizar Rahman
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'Ferdinand' is a character of-
  1. ক) Coriolanus
  2. খ) Robinson Crouse
  3. গ) The White Devil
  4. ঘ) The Duchess of Malfi
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) The Duchess of Malfi
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) The Duchess of Malfi
ব্যাখ্যা
The Duchess of Malfi (1614), five-act tragedy by English dramatist John Webster.

Characters:
- The Duchess of Malfi
- Ferdinand
- Cardinal
- Bosola
- Delio
- Antonio

John Webster's other literary works:
- The White Devil,
- Caesar's Fall.

Source: Britannica and An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.
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Which one is John Dryden’s tragedy?
  1. ক) All for Love
  2. খ) The Wild Gallant
  3. গ) Absalom and Achitophel
  4. ঘ) The Country wife
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) All for Love
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) All for Love
ব্যাখ্যা
• All for Love is John Dryden’s tragedy.
• All for Love (1677), based on Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra and written in a flowing but controlled blank verse. 
• The Indian Emperour, or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, being the Sequel of The Indian Queen is an English Restoration era stage play, a heroic drama written by John Dryden that was first performed in the Spring of 1665.

- As a poet, Dryden is best known as a satirist and was England's first poet laureate in 1668.
- In addition to satires, Dryden wrote elegies, prologues, epilogues, odes, and panegyrics.
- The Wild Gallant is John Dryden comedy.
- His most famous poem is Absalom and Achitophel (1681).
- His best known dramatic works are:
- Marriage á la Mode (1672) and
- All for Love (1678), which was written in blank verse.

Source: An ABC OF English Literature - Dr. M. Mofizar Rahman & Britannica.com
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Which literary work is not belongs to William Congreve?
  1. ক) The Double Dealer
  2. খ) The plain Dealer
  3. গ) Love for Love
  4. ঘ) The Way of The World
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) The plain Dealer
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) The plain Dealer
ব্যাখ্যা
William Congreve is a writer from The Restoration Period.
His notable works are:
- The Double Dealer
- Love for Love
- The Way of The World.

'The plain Dealer' was written by William Wycherley.

Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman
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Thomas Kyd is an English dramatist of-
  1. ক) 15th Century
  2. খ) 16th Century
  3. গ) 17th Century
  4. ঘ) 18th Century
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) 16th Century
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) 16th Century
ব্যাখ্যা
Thomas Kyd (1557 – 1595):
He is one of the members of University Wit.
His notable work:
– The Spanish Tragedy (1585).

Source: Britannica
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What is the name of Edmund Spencer’s sonnet collection?
  1. ক) Sonnet 73
  2. খ) Astrophel and Stella
  3. গ) Amoretti
  4. ঘ) The World Is Too Much to Us
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) Amoretti
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) Amoretti
ব্যাখ্যা
Edmund Spenser (1552-99):
- Edmund Spenser is called the poet of poets.
- His famous sonnet collection is 'Amoretti'.

His notable works:
- The Faerie Queene (Epic),
- The Shepherds Calendar,
- The Ruins of Time.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Encyclopedia Britannica.
১০.
Which author does not belong to the Elizabethan Age?
  1. ক) Thomas More
  2. খ) John Webster
  3. গ) Robert Green
  4. ঘ) Thomas Kyd
অনির্ধারিত
ব্যাখ্যা
সঠিক উত্তর ক) Thomas More ও খ) John Webster
অপশনে দ্বৈত উত্তর থাকায় প্রশ্নটি বাতিল করা হলো।

The Elizabethan Age is named after Queen Elizabeth I who reigned over England from 1558 to 1603. 
The famous Elizabethan poets are- 
Thomas More, Robert Green, Thomas Kyd, Norton, Edmund Spenser, Nicholas Udall, Philip Sydney, John Lily, Kyd, Peele, Francis Bacon, Thomas Nashe, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Ben Jonson etc. 

• John Webster was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies.
Famous Tragedies of John Webster:
- The White Devils
- The Devil's Law Case
- The Duchess of Malfi

• Thomas More, in full Sir Thomas More, also called Saint Thomas More, (born February 7, 1478, London, England—died July 6, 1535)
Thomas More belongs to Preparation for Renaissance period (1500 - 1558)
১১.
Chaucer is the representative of-
  1. ক) 14th Century
  2. খ) 15th Century
  3. গ) 16th Century
  4. ঘ) 17th Century
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) 14th Century
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) 14th Century
ব্যাখ্যা
Geoffrey Chaucer:
- Poet Geoffrey Chaucer was born circa 1340, most likely at his parents’ house on Thames Street in London, England.
- The Canterbury Tales became his best known and most acclaimed work.
- He died October 25, 1400, in London, England, and was the first to be buried in Westminster Abbey’s Poet’s Corner.
- Geoffrey Chaucer is considered as the representative poet of the 14th Century. 

 Best Works of Chaucer:
- Canterbury Tales
- The nun priest’s Tale.
- The Parliament of Fowls. 
- The legend of good women
- The House of Fame

Source: Britannica.
১২.
Who are the University Wits?
  1. ক) Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Lodge, Robert Greene
  2. খ) Thomas Kyd, George Peele, William Shakespeare
  3. গ) Christopher Marlowe, Ben Johnson, John Lyly
  4. ঘ) Thomas Kyd, Roger Bacon, Christopher Marlowe
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Lodge, Robert Greene
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Lodge, Robert Greene
ব্যাখ্যা
University wits are a group of young dramatists who wrote and performed in London towards the end of the 16th century during the Elizabethan Period.
They are called university wits because they were the witty students of Cambridge or Oxford.

University Wits are:
1. Christopher Marlowe - (Cambridge)
2. Robert Greene - (Cambridge)
3. Thomas Nashe - (Cambridge)
4. Thomas Lodge - (Oxford)
5. George Peele- (Oxford)
6. John Lyly - (Oxford)
7. Thomas Kyd (not university-trained)

Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman
১৩.
Cavalier Poets are mainly a group of _____ poets.
  1. ক) lyrics
  2. খ) dramatic
  3. গ) balled
  4. ঘ) epic
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) lyrics
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) lyrics
ব্যাখ্যা
• A group of Lyrics poets associated with the 'Cavaliers' are called  Cavalier Poets. 
• The all are belongs to Caroline Age. 

• Cavalier Poets of English literature:
- Richard Lovelace,
- Sir John Suckling,
- Robert Herrick and 
- Thomas Carew.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.
১৪.
"The grave’s a fine and private place,
But none, I think, do there embrace."
taken from-
  1. ক) To His Coy Mistress
  2. খ) The Definition of Love
  3. গ) Upon Appleton House
  4. ঘ) Of love
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) To His Coy Mistress
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) To His Coy Mistress
ব্যাখ্যা
Those lines are taken from Andrew Marvell's famous poem 'To His Coy Mistress'

But at my back I always hear
 Time’s wingéd chariot hurrying near:
 And yonder all before us lie
 Deserts of vast eternity.
 Thy beauty shall no more be found;
 Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound
 My echoing song: then worms shall try
 That long preserved virginity:
 And your quaint honour turn to dust;
 And into ashes all my lust.
 The grave’s a fine and private place,
 But none, I think, do there embrace.

-  ‘To His Coy Mistress’ (1681) l. 21

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotation.
১৫.
Who is regarded as the founder of English prose?
  1. ক) Geoffrey Chaucer
  2. খ) Alfred the Great
  3. গ) Henry Fielding
  4. ঘ) Christopher Marlowe
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) Alfred the Great
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) Alfred the Great
ব্যাখ্যা
Alfred the Great is regarded as the founder of English prose.

Alfred the Great (born 849 - died 899) who reigned over England from 871 to 901. 
- He prevented England from falling to the Danes and promoted learning and literacy.
- Compilation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle began during his reign, circa 890.
- Alfred considered learning and literacy to be crucial for the acquisition of wisdom and therefore necessary for men to live in accordance with God’s will.

- Christopher Marlowe is the Father of English Drama/Tragedy.
- Henry Fielding is considered a founder of the English novel.
- Geoffrey Chaucer is the fathe of Modern English Poetry

Source: Britannica and An ABC of English Literature by Dr. M. Mofizar Rahman.
১৬.
Among them which literary work was done by Cyril Tourneur-
  1. ক) The Spanish Tragedy
  2. খ) Novum Orgum
  3. গ) The White Devil
  4. ঘ) The Revenger’s Tragedy
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) The Revenger’s Tragedy
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) The Revenger’s Tragedy
ব্যাখ্যা
Cyril Tourneur is a writer of The Jacobean Period.
His notable works are:
The Revenger’s Tragedy (1600)
The Atheist’s Tragedy. (1611)

Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman
১৭.
Among them which one is written by John Locke?
  1. ক) An Essay on Criticism
  2. খ) The Last Essays of Elia
  3. গ) An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
  4. ঘ) An Essay on Man
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
ব্যাখ্যা
John Locke’s most famous works are
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), in which he developed his theory of ideas and his account of the origins of human knowledge in experience, and
- Two Treatises of Government (first edition published in 1690 but substantially composed before 1683), in which he defended a theory of political authority based on natural individual rights and freedoms and the consent of the governed.

'The Last Essays of Elia' was written by Charles Lamb.
'An Essay on Criticism', 'An Essay on Man' was written by Alexander Pope.

Source: Britannica.
১৮.
How many plays did Shakespeare write before the death of Queene Elizabeth I.
  1. ক) 12
  2. খ) 20
  3. গ) 25
  4. ঘ) 37
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) 25
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) 25
ব্যাখ্যা
William Shakespeare is the greatest English dramatist.
- He was born on 23 April, 1564 AD and died on 23 April, 1616 AD.
- His Birth place is Stratford Avon. He is often called the bard of Avon.
- Shakespearean period belongs to '1590-1616'.
- He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets.
- Among them Shakespeare wrote 25 plays before the death of Queene Elizabeth I
- and 12 plays in Jacobean age.

Source: Britannica and An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman।
১৯.
John Donne is a famous-
  1. ক) University Wits
  2. খ) Cavalier Poets
  3. গ) Metaphysical poet
  4. ঘ) None of them
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) Metaphysical poet
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) Metaphysical poet
ব্যাখ্যা
Metaphysical poet, any of the poets in 17th-century England who inclined to the personal and intellectual complexity and concentration that is displayed in the poetry of John Donne, the chief of the Metaphysicals.
Other Metaphysical poets are:
- Henry Vaughan,
- Andrew Marvell,
- John Cleveland,
- Abraham Cowley
- George Herbert and
- Richard Crashaw.

Source: Britannica.
২০.
Who is the author of 'The Recruiting Officer'
  1. ক) Henry Vaughan
  2. খ) Cyril Tourneur
  3. গ) George Farquhar
  4. ঘ) John Webster
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) George Farquhar
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) George Farquhar
ব্যাখ্যা
George Farquhar is a writer from The Restoration Period.
His notable works are:
- The Recruiting Officer
- The Beaux’s Stratagem.

Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman
২১.
Which one is Beaumont and Fletcher collaboration literary work?
  1. ক) The Maides Tragedy
  2. খ) Philaster
  3. গ) A King and No King
  4. ঘ) all of them.
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) all of them.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) all of them.
ব্যাখ্যা
The masterpieces of the Beaumont and Fletcher collaboration—
- Philaster,
- The Maides Tragedy, and
- A King and No King.

Source: Britannica.
২২.
Which one is correct about Geoffrey Chaucer?
  1. ক) The first great English story teller
  2. খ) Father of English Language
  3. গ) Father of English Literature
  4. ঘ) All of them
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) All of them
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) All of them
ব্যাখ্যা
Geoffrey Chaucer:
- Poet Geoffrey Chaucer was born circa 1340, most likely at his parents’ house on Thames Street in London, England.
- The Canterbury Tales became his best known and most acclaimed work.

The other titles Chaucer owns:
- Father of English Language 
- Father of English Literature 
- Father of English Modern Poetry 
- The first great English story teller. 

Source: Britannica.
২৩.
Edmund Burke was born in -
  1. ক) Liverpool
  2. খ) Brisbane
  3. গ) London
  4. ঘ) Dublin
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) Dublin
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) Dublin
ব্যাখ্যা
Edmund Burke:
Irish statesman, born in Dublin, author, political theorist and philosopher.
British parliament member (House of Commons).
Major Works:
- On American Taxation (speech given in House of common).
- Speech on Conciliation with America 
- Speech on Mr. Fox's East India Bill

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Britannica.
২৪.
Famous poet Sir Philip Sidney was also a/an-
  1. ক) actor
  2. খ) singer
  3. গ) teacher
  4. ঘ) soldier
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) soldier
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ঘ) soldier
ব্যাখ্যা
Sir Philip Sidney (1554 -1586), Elizabethan courtier, statesman, soldier, poet, and patron of scholars and poets, considered the ideal gentleman of his day.
After Shakespeare’s sonnets, Sidney’s Astrophel and Stella is considered the finest Elizabethan sonnet cycle.
- His The Defence of Poesie introduced the critical ideas of Renaissance theorists to England.

Source: Britannica.
২৫.
Which university Wits wrote 'James IV'?
  1. ক) Thomas Nashe
  2. খ) Thomas Lodge
  3. গ) Robert Greene
  4. ঘ) Christopher Marlowe
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) Robert Greene
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) Robert Greene
ব্যাখ্যা
Robert Greene(1558-1592) is the author of 'James IV'.
- He is an university Wits.
- Greene obtained degrees at both Cambridge and Oxford. He then went to London, where he became an intimate of its underworld.
- He wrote more than 35 works between 1580 and 1592. 

His other work in English literature are:-
- Friar Bacon & Friar Bungay (1589)
- James IV (1591)

Source: An ABC OF English Literature - Dr. M. Mofizar Rahman and Britannica.
২৬.
Which one is the George Herbert's poem collection?
  1. ক) The Temple
  2. খ) Philaster
  3. গ) Campaspe
  4. ঘ) Heart of Darkness
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) The Temple
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) The Temple
ব্যাখ্যা
George Herbert was born in 1593 & died in 1633 who was an English religious poet, a major metaphysical poet, notable for the purity and effectiveness of his choice of words.
- Throughout George Herbert's life he wrote poems, and from his deathbed he sent a manuscript volume to Ferrar, asking him to decide whether to publish or destroy them.
- Ferrar published them with the title The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations in 1633.

His literary work:
- The Temple
- The Country Parson
- Jacula Prudentum
- Easter Wings
- Life
- Affliction

Source: Britannica.com
২৭.
Homer’s “Illiad” and “Odyssey” was translated into English by-
  1. ক) George Chapman
  2. খ) Alexander Pope
  3. গ) Jonathan Swift
  4. ঘ) Nicholas Udall
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) George Chapman
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
ক) George Chapman
ব্যাখ্যা
George Chapman, (1559-1634), English poet and dramatist, whose translation of Homer long remained the standard English version.
- The first books of his translation of the Iliad appeared in 1598. It was completed in 1611, and his version of the Odyssey appeared in 1616. 
- Chapman’s Homer contains passages of great power and beauty and inspired the sonnet of John Keats “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” (1815).

Source: Britannica.
২৮.
Jeremy Taylor’s ‘Holy living’ is a/an -
  1. ক) Pamphlet
  2. খ) Play
  3. গ) Prose
  4. ঘ) Poem
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) Prose
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
গ) Prose
ব্যাখ্যা
Jeremy Taylor’s(1613-67) major works are –
- The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living (1650), a sermon in prose.
- The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying (1651), a sermon in prose.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.
২৯.
'The Deserted Village' is Oliver Goldsmith's famous_____.
  1. ক) sonnet
  2. খ) elegy
  3. গ) ode
  4. ঘ) hymn
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) elegy
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর:
খ) elegy
ব্যাখ্যা
Oliver Goldsmith, (Nov. 10, 1730- April 4, 1774, London, Eng.), Irish-born British essayist, poet, novelist, and dramatist.
- Goldsmith attended Trinity College in Dublin before studying medicine in Edinburgh.
- Settling in London, he began writing essays, some of which were collected in The Citizen of the World (1762).
- In 1764 he became an original member of Samuel Johnson’s famous Club.
- He won a reputation as a poet with The Traveller (1764), confirmed by his famous pastoral elegy The Deserted Village (1770).
- The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) revealed his skill as a novelist.
- The charming farce She Stoops to Conquer (1773) was his most effective play.
- Noted for his exceptionally graceful, lively style, Goldsmith was a friend of many literary lights of his day, who agreed that he was one of the oddest personalities of his time.

Source: Britannica.