The Life of Samuel Johnson (Penguin Classics)
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Contributions
- David Womersley (Editor) - Contributor
Publication
2008-02-28 - Penguin Books Ltd
Word Count
352,000 words, Guess
Page Count
1,408 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelifeofsamueljohn0000bosw_h6z0
- ISBN-139780140436624
- ISBN-100140436626
- LibraryThing15083
- OCLC Control Number223803133
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780140436624
- Open LibraryOL7354927M
Classifications
- LCCPR3533.B63
- LCCPR3533.B7 W66 2008
Description
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 recording its every aspect in minute but telling detail. This irrepressible Scotsman was 'always studying human nature and making experiments', and the marvelously vivacious Journals he wrote daily furnished him with first-rate material when he came to write his biography. The result is a masterpiece that brims over with wit, anecdote and originality. Hailed by Macaulay as the best biography ever written and by Carlyle as a book 'beyond any other product of the eighteenth century', The Life of Samuel Johnson today continues to enjoy its status as a classic of the language.
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