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The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

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An edition of Life of Samuel Johnson (1776)

The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

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First Modern Library Edition
Bound by H. Wolff for The Modern Library
"Complete and unabridged with notes."

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Publisher
Bennett A. Cerf · Donald S. Klopfer
Language
English
Pages
1200

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Subjects

Biography, Description and travel, English Authors, Early works to 1800, Interviews, Lexicographers, KDescr. & trav, Intellectual life, Critics, Intellectuals, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Authors, English, SAMUEL JOHNSON, Authors, biography, Biografie, Travel, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)

People

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), Johnson, samuel (1709-1784)

Places

Hebrides (Scotland), Great Britain, Scotland, Hebrides, North Wales, England

Times

18th century

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Cover of: Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
1987, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
in English
Cover of: The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.
1931, Bennett A. Cerf · Donald S. Klopfer
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Boswell's Life of Johnson
Boswell's Life of Johnson
1917, Scribner's Sons
Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson
The life of Samuel Johnson
1907, Dent, Dutton
in English
Cover of: Life of Johnson
Life of Johnson: Edited by Augustine Birrell
1906, A. Constable
in English
Cover of: Boswell's Life of Johnson
Boswell's Life of Johnson: including Boswell's Journal of a tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's diary of A journey into North Wales
1891, Harper
in English
Cover of: The life of Johnson
The life of Johnson: including their tour to the Hebrides
1876, John Murray
in English - New ed.
Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
1873, W. P. Nimmo
in English - New and complete ed., carefully revised from the most authentic sources. Edited, with notes, etc., by William Wallace, M. A.
Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: including A journal of his tour to the Hebrides
1846, Harper & Brothers
in English - New ed., with numerous additions and notes / by John Wilson Croker.
Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished.
1824, C. Ewer & T. Bedlington
in English - A new ed., by James Boswell; copious notes and biographical illustrations by Malone.
Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolatory correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished
1807, W. Andrews and L. Blake
in English - 1st American from the 5th London ed.

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Edition Notes

"The present text follows that of Malone's sixth edition."--p. vii.

Published in
New York
Series
The Modern library of the world's best books

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
928.2
Library of Congress
PR3533 .B6 1931

Contributors

Introduction
Herbert Askwith

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xv, 1200 p.
Number of pages
1200
Dimensions
8.25 x 5.5 x 1.875 inches

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6770038M
LCCN
32003536
OCLC/WorldCat
1202958
Library Thing
15083

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Work Description

Poet, lexicographer, critic, moralist and Great Cham, Dr. Johnson had in his friend Boswell the ideal biographer.

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.

The result is a masterpiece that brims over with wit, anecdote and originality. Hailed by Macaulay as the best biography ever written and by Carlyle as a book 'beyond any other product of the eighteenth century', The Life of Samuel Johnson today continues to enjoy its status as a classic of the language.

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