Life of Samuel Johnson: v. 1 by James Boswell

Life of Samuel Johnson: v. 1

James Boswell

1284 pages first pub 1790 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics history reflective slow-paced
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Poet, lexicographer, critic, moralist and Great Cham, Dr. Johnson had in his friend Boswell the ideal biographer.Notoriously and self-confessedly intemperate, Boswell shared with Johnson a huge appetite for life and threw equal energy into recordi...

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