Oliver Goldsmith (1730 - 1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771). He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, the source of the phrase "goody two-shoes". In this book: The Vicar of Wakefield She Stoops to Conquer An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog An elegy on the glory of her sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes