The Life Of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D. Vol I
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: sandglass laid-in
One of the most celebrated biographies ever written, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. stands as a towering monument of English literature, chronicling the remarkable life of the great lexicographer, poet, and critic Samuel Johnson through the devoted and meticulous pen of his close friend and companion, James Boswell. First published in 1791, the work presents an extraordinarily vivid portrait of 18th-century literary London, capturing Johnson's thunderous wit, his profound moral convictions, and his commanding presence among the leading intellectual figures of his age — from Edmund Burke to Joshua Reynolds and David Garrick. This Heritage Press edition is further distinguished by the inclusion of marginal comments and markings from two annotated copies belonging to Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, one of Johnson's closest confidantes, adding a rare and intimate layer of historical perspective to an already invaluable text, prepared for publication with an introduction by Edward G. Fletcher. Boswell's genius lies not merely in faithful record-keeping, but in his mastery of scene and dialogue — he constructs Johnson not as a static historical figure but as a breathing, contradictory, and deeply human presence, whose conversations leap off the page with startling immediacy. The work argues, implicitly but powerfully, that biography itself is a literary art form worthy of the highest ambition, and its influence on the genre remains undiminished more than two centuries after its first appearance.
Author: James Boswell
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, The Heritage Press
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: sandglass laid-in
One of the most celebrated biographies ever written, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. stands as a towering monument of English literature, chronicling the remarkable life of the great lexicographer, poet, and critic Samuel Johnson through the devoted and meticulous pen of his close friend and companion, James Boswell. First published in 1791, the work presents an extraordinarily vivid portrait of 18th-century literary London, capturing Johnson's thunderous wit, his profound moral convictions, and his commanding presence among the leading intellectual figures of his age — from Edmund Burke to Joshua Reynolds and David Garrick. This Heritage Press edition is further distinguished by the inclusion of marginal comments and markings from two annotated copies belonging to Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, one of Johnson's closest confidantes, adding a rare and intimate layer of historical perspective to an already invaluable text, prepared for publication with an introduction by Edward G. Fletcher. Boswell's genius lies not merely in faithful record-keeping, but in his mastery of scene and dialogue — he constructs Johnson not as a static historical figure but as a breathing, contradictory, and deeply human presence, whose conversations leap off the page with startling immediacy. The work argues, implicitly but powerfully, that biography itself is a literary art form worthy of the highest ambition, and its influence on the genre remains undiminished more than two centuries after its first appearance.