The Life Of Samuel Johnson Ll.D.
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Large chuck missing in back bottom back corner. Chipping along folds and edges of jacket. Pages in good condition.
Regarded as one of the greatest biographies ever written in the English language, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. chronicles the remarkable life of the eighteenth-century literary titan Samuel Johnson with an intimacy and vivacity that no mere historical account could achieve. James Boswell, who cultivated a close personal friendship with Johnson over more than two decades, presents an extraordinarily detailed portrait of the man — his wit, his contradictions, his towering intellect, and his profound struggles with melancholy and faith. Drawing on meticulous journals, firsthand conversations, and a vast network of correspondence, Boswell reconstructs Johnson's world with cinematic precision, immortalizing the coffee-house debates, the literary feuds, and the brilliant exchanges of London's Georgian intellectual scene. The tone is at once reverential and candid, never shying from Johnson's eccentricities or sharp temper, which only deepens the reader's admiration for this complex genius. A landmark of literary nonfiction, it set the standard for the biographical form and remains an indispensable work for anyone captivated by the history of ideas, language, and letters.
Author: James Boswell
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Large chuck missing in back bottom back corner. Chipping along folds and edges of jacket. Pages in good condition.
Regarded as one of the greatest biographies ever written in the English language, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. chronicles the remarkable life of the eighteenth-century literary titan Samuel Johnson with an intimacy and vivacity that no mere historical account could achieve. James Boswell, who cultivated a close personal friendship with Johnson over more than two decades, presents an extraordinarily detailed portrait of the man — his wit, his contradictions, his towering intellect, and his profound struggles with melancholy and faith. Drawing on meticulous journals, firsthand conversations, and a vast network of correspondence, Boswell reconstructs Johnson's world with cinematic precision, immortalizing the coffee-house debates, the literary feuds, and the brilliant exchanges of London's Georgian intellectual scene. The tone is at once reverential and candid, never shying from Johnson's eccentricities or sharp temper, which only deepens the reader's admiration for this complex genius. A landmark of literary nonfiction, it set the standard for the biographical form and remains an indispensable work for anyone captivated by the history of ideas, language, and letters.