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A Life of Johnson

Name: A Life of Johnson
Brand: Naxos Audiobooks
Rating: 4.3 (21 reviews)

Written by James Boswell

Narrated by Billy Hartman

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Boswell’s biography of his friend and hero Samuel Johnson is an acknowledged classic, full of humorous anecdote and rich characterisation. Johnson’s complex humanity (his depression, fear of death, intellectual brilliance and rough humour) is set within a vivid picture of eighteenth-century London, peopled by personalities of the time such as Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Wilkes, Oliver Goldsmith and David Garrick.

LanguageEnglish

PublisherNaxos Audiobooks

Release dateJan 1, 2006

ISBN9789629547240

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James Boswell

James Boswell had known him for exactly ten years when they set out together for the Hebrides in 1773. Son of a Scottish judge and himself a lawyer, Boswell is celebrated as much for the disarming honesty of his diaries as for his great biography of Johnson.

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