 In English, [[Jonathan Swift]], often called the foremost [[satirist]] in the English language, gained fame for works such as "[[Gulliver's Travels]]" and "[[A Modest Proposal]]".Other notable 18th-century writers of Irish origin included [[Oliver Goldsmith]] and [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]], though they spent most of their lives in England.The Anglo-Irish novel came to the fore in the nineteenth century, featuring such writers as [[Charles Kickham]], [[William Carleton]], and (in collaboration) [[Edith Somerville]] and [[Violet Florence Martin]].