The Life of Samuel Johnson Contributor(s): Boswell, James (Author), Hibbert, Christopher (Editor), Hibbert, Christopher (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140431160 ISBN-13: 9780140431162 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1979 Annotation: 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. |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 98809419 |
Series: Penguin Classics |
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.18" W x 7.62" (0.62 lbs) 384 pages |
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Publisher Description: The most celebrated English biography is a group portrait in which extraordinary man paints the picture of a dozen more |