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26. After publishing his last epic, Roderick, The Last of The Gothics, in 1814, Southey dedicated himself to the composition of prose. His prose works included a number of translations, such as History of Brazil (1810) and biographical treatments of public figures, including Horatio Nelson, William Cowper, and Oliver Cromwell. As well, The Story of the Three Bears, first published in his prose collection The Doctor (1836), is renowned as the original telling of the Goldilocks story. In 1813, he was appointed England