The Life of Samuel Johnson
James Boswell
Feb 2018 · Naxos AudioBooks · Narrated by David Timson
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51 hr 2 min
Unabridged
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Charming, vibrant, witty and edifying, The Life of Samuel Johnson is a work of great obsession and boundless reverence. The literary critic Samuel Johnson was 54 when heÊ first encountered Boswell; the friendship that developed spawned one of the greatest biographies in the history of world literature. The book is full of humorous anecdote and rich characterisation, and paints a vivid picture of 18th-century London, peopled by prominent personalities of the time such as Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Wilkes, Oliver Goldsmith and David Garrick, while also giving a compelling insight into JohnsonÕs complex humanity Ð his depression, fear of death, intellectual brilliance and rough humour.
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