Oliver Goldsmith

Charming satire of the sentimental comedies of the day has entertained audiences since 1773. A young lady poses as a serving girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. Many delightful deceits, hilarious turns of plot must be played out before the play concludes happily. Notes.

Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly regarded and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction. It depicts the fall and rise of the Primrose family, presided over by the benevolent vicar, the narrator of a fairy-tale plot of impersonation and deception, the abduction of a beautiful her...

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"Pues es un tipo muy singular, te lo aseguro. Entre las mujeres virtuosas y de buena reputación es el hombre más discreto que imaginarse pueda; pero sus conocidos le señalan una personalidad muy diferente cuando se halla entre mozas de otra estofa, ¿me comprendes?"...