Comic play. Probably the best known work of Oliver Goldsmith. Originally entitled 'Mistakes of a Night'. The daughter of a wealthy countryman poses as a servant in order to win over her nervous suitor.
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She Stoops to Conquer
Oliver Goldsmith, 1730 - 1774, flamboyant playwright, author of "She Stoops t...
Our picture is one of the illustrations by Peggy Fortnum.
Bookshop in Arnold Bennett's 1923 novel "Riceyman Steps" set in Clerkenwell.
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