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MPN
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ISBN
9780140431162
Book Title
Life of Samuel Johnson
Item Length
7.8in
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year
1979
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.9in
Author
James Boswell
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History
Topic
Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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The most celebrated English biography is a group portrait in which extraordinary man paints the picture of a dozen more At the centre of a brilliant circle which included Burke, Reynolds, Garrick, Fanny Burney and even George III, Boswell captures the powerful, troubled and witty figure of Samuel Johnson, who towers above them all. Yet this is also an intimate picture of domestic life, which mingles the greatest talkers of a talkative age with the hero's humbler friends in a picture which is, before all things, humane. As a young man about London, James Boswell was obsessed by literature, and, on a fateful day in 1763, he attached himself with unswerving tenacity to the dominant literary figure of his age--the splendidly rotund, articulate, and humane Dr Samuel Johnson. What followed was the most famous of friendships between writers and the bais for the remarkable documentation contained in Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson , the greatest and most compelling of all biographies. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140431160
ISBN-13
9780140431162
eBay Product ID (ePID)
54543

Product Key Features

Book Title
Life of Samuel Johnson
Author
James Boswell
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
1979
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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Item Length
7.8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pr3533.B63
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Grade to
Up
Edition Description
Abridged Edition
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
98-809419
Dewey Decimal
B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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  • Penguin's Abridged Version Leaves Nothing Out

    Samuel Johnson may not contend for the title of Great English-Language Writer of the 18th-Century like Jonathan Swift or Thomas Jefferson. He did, however, compile a dictionary, write volumes of verse poetry, author novels and plays and remains the Grand Old Man of English Literature. I cannot imagine anyone would not find a quotable quote amongst his dialogues with his biographer, James Boswell, which brings up another point: Much in the way that Beethoven's music inspired the birth of music criticism, Johnson's life and words inspired the birth of the biography.

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