(*) Lumpkin.
In one work by this author, Solomon Flamborough fails to prevent Moses from buying a gross ofgreen spectacles from Ephraim Jenkinson. David Garrick wrote a prologue in which the actor Mr.Woodward laments the death of comedy for another work by this man. The plot of that work is set inmotion in the Three Pigeons Inn, where the protagonist and Hastings encounter Tony (*) Lumpkin.This author penned a novel in which Sophia is abducted by Timothy Baxter but rescued by Mr. Burchell,who eventually reveals himself to be Squire Thornhill's virtuous uncle and saves the family of CharlesPrimrose. For 10 points, name this author who wrote about Charles Marlow and Kate Hardcastle in SheStoops to Conquer and penned The Vicar of Wakefield.
In one work by this author, Solomon Flamborough fails to prevent Moses from buying a gross ofgreen spectacles from Ephraim Jenkinson.
Oliver Goldsmith