Irish prose fiction in 1726 published the first great work by an Anglo-Irish writer, "Gulliver's Travels". Though this had no specifically Irish relevance, it set a standard for later writers in English. The eighteenth century saw the birth in Ireland of two distinguished novelists, Laurence Sterne (1713 – 1768) and Oliver Goldsmith (1728 – 1774), both of whom, however, made their careers in England. Despite this, their oeuvre is often included in the Anglo-Irish literary canon. Sterne published "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" (1759–1767), a satire on the biographical novel. Goldsmith, best known as a poet, published "The Vicar of
Lahore: A Sentimental Journey Lahore: A Sentimental Journey Lahore - A sentimental Journey is Pran Nevile's first book in which he recollects his pre-independence days in Lahore. Published in 1993 by Penguin Book India. The author takes us back in the 1930s and 40s right into the heart of Lahore; Pakistan. The story is set against the time before the independence of Pakistan in 1947, from the fall of brotherhood between the two nations through the invasion of British Empire.[2] The book, sentimental Journey of Lahore reminds people of what Lahore was really like before the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the way Hindus,