Oliver Goldsmith was undoubtedly one of the greatest poets, dramatists, playwrights and novelist of his time. Even his contemporaries abided by the same, except but a small fact that they never could figure out the reason why! This probably explains the enigma and the aura that Goldsmith’s writing and his persona carried all through. A graduate but with no distinction, Goldsmith had a long way to go before he earned his due share of fame, credit and popularity. His graduate degree though gained him a respectable position in the society; he failed to find a suitable profession in Church or law. Thus, he took up several menial jobs before hitting it right by being a hack writer for a publisher in London. No sooner, he found his true calling as a writer and started writing his own works. Some of his works that made him the personality that he is reckoned till date are ‘The Vicar of Wakefield’, ‘The Deserted Village’, ‘The Good Natur’d Man’ and ‘She Stoops to Conquer’. To know more interesting and intriguing facts about his childhood, life, career, profile ad timeline, read through the following lines.