| Title | : | The Life of Samuel Johnson |
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| Author | : | James Boswell |
| Release | : | 2018-02-09 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Biographies & Memoirs |
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| 1 | The Life of Samuel Johnson | James Boswell |
| Charming, vibrant, witty and edifying, The Life of Samuel Johnson is a work of great obsession and boundless reverence. The literary critic Samuel Johnson was 54 when he first encountered Boswell; the friendship that developed spawned one of the greatest biographies in the history of world literature. The book is full of humorous anecdote and rich characterisation, and paints a vivid picture of 18th-century London, peopled by prominent personalities of the time such as Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Wilkes, Oliver Goldsmith and David Garrick, while also giving a compelling insight into Johnson’s complex humanity – his depression, fear of death, intellectual brilliance and rough humour. |
