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From: The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature
Date: 20000101
Author:ROBERT WELCH
Good-Natur'd Man, The
(1768), a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith . When the open-hearted young Honeywood gives away to others the money owing to his friends his uncle, Sir William, has him arrested for debt to teach him a lesson. Eventually Honeywood marries Miss Richland, having learnt the price of seeking the good opinion of acquaintances to the neglect of real friends.Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
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