The Life Of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell Penguin Classics Abridged Softcover Book

Title: The Life Of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell Penguin Classics Abridged Softcover Book.
Author: James Boswell.
Type: Biography / Non-Fiction.
Edition: Penguin Classics 1986.
Publisher: Penguin Group.
Year First Published: 1791.
Format: Softcover Book.
Printed By: Clays Ltd, St Ives.
Page Count: 375 pages.
Width: 13.0cm
Height: 19.5cm
Thickness: 2.0cm
Info: Edited and Abridged Edition with an Introduction and Notes by Christopher Hibbert.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791) by James Boswell is a biography of English writer Samuel Johnson. The work was from the beginning a critical and popular success, and represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography. It is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation. Many have called it the greatest biography written in English, but some modern critics object that the work cannot be considered a proper biography. Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject began in 1763, when Johnson was 54 years old, and Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. 
Samuel Johnson, often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
Condition: Very Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages. Previous owners name front cover, all pages internally are very good, a good clean copy.
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