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The Life of Samuel Johnson

Paperback • 2008 • English

The Life of Samuel Johnson

By James Boswell

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About the book

In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson , one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a biography to which we owe much of our knowledge of the man himself. Through a series of richly detailed anecdotes, Johnson emerges as a sociable figure, vigorously engaging and fencing with great contemporaries such as Garrick, Goldsmith, Burney and Burke, and of course with Boswell himself. Yet anxieties and obsessions also darkened Johnson's priv...Show more

Biography, Literature and Literary studies
Biography and non-fiction prose
History and Archaeology

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9780140436624

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

The Life of Samuel Johnson

Format

Paperback

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