Boswell's Life of Johnson by James Boswell
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"Boswell's Life of Johnson" by James Boswell is a biography published in 1791 about English writer Samuel Johnson. Often called the greatest biography in English, this landmark work recreates Johnson's life through detailed conversations and scenes drawn from Boswell's extensive journals. Though the two men spent only about 250 days together over twenty-two years, Boswell crafted an enduring portrait that blends myth with complexity, capturing Johnson's moral wisdom, personal eccentricities, and struggle
with despair in vivid detail. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Boswell, James, 1740-1795 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Osgood, Charles Grosvenor, 1871-1964 |
| Title |
Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_of_Samuel_Johnson |
| Credits | Produced by Donald Lainson; David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | CT: History: Biography |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 |
| Subject | Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography |
| Subject | Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography |
| Subject | Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1564 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-01564-4 |
| Release Date | May 12, 2006 |
| Last Update | Jan 24, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2371 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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