The Life of Johnson by James Boswell

The Life of Johnson by James Boswell

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The Life of Johnson by James Boswell

This complete and unabridged edition is the only complete critical edition in paperback. Samuel Johnson was a poet, essayist, dramatist, and pioneering lexicographer, but his continuing reputation depends less on his literary output than on the fortunate accident of finding an ideal biographer in James Boswell. As Johnson's constant and admiring companion, Boswell was able to record not only the outward events of his life, but also the humour, wit, and sturdy common sense of his conversation. His brilliant portrait of a major literary figure of the eighteenth century, enriched by historical and social detail, remains a monument to the art of biography.
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ISBN 13 9780192835314
ISBN 10 0192835319
Title The Life of Johnson
Author James Boswell
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1998-12-01
Number of pages 1536
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