Brothers of the Quill: Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street

by Norma Clarke

Oliver Goldsmith arrived in England in 1756 a penniless Irishman. He toiled for years in the anonymity of Grub Street--already a synonym for impoverished hack writers--before he became one of literary London's most celebrated authors. Norma Clarke tells the extraordinary story of this destitute scribbler turned gentleman of letters as it unfolds in the early days of commercial publishing, when writers' livelihoods came to depend on the reading...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674736575
• ISBN13: 9780674736573
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.4"