Dr. Johnson and Mr. Savage by Richard Holmes

Dr. Johnson and Mr. Savage

Richard Holmes

272 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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Dr. Johnson & Mr. Savage recounts a story of a mysterious eighteenth-century friendship between Richard Savage - poet, playwright, and convicted murderer - and the young Samuel Johnson, an unknown provincial schoolmaster just arrived in London...

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adventurous 100%
emotional 100%
informative 100%
mysterious 100%
relaxing 100%

Pace

fast 100%

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