Description: JAMES BOSWELL The Life of Samuel Johnson Selected and abridged by EDMUND FULLER A LAUREL CLASSIC First printing 1960 This vintage paperback book is in excellent condition. There are no markings, names, etc. in this book. Please see the photos for the condition as the photos are of the actual book that you will receive. Thank you! OverviewOne of the greatest and most compelling of all biographies in literature had its beginnings on a fateful day in London in 1763, when young James Boswell determinedly attached himself to the dominant literary figure of his age—the splendidly humane, devastatingly witty, often troubled Dr. Samuel Johnson. What followed was one of the most famous of literary friendships, one that Boswell carefully documented over the years and eventually made the basis of an extraordinarily vivid group portrait.Johnson was at the center of a brilliant circle that included the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, the actor David Garrick, the writers Frances Burney and Edmund Burke, and even King George III. By incorporating conversations he had recorded and including a wealth of personal and human details in his LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, Boswell revolutionized the art of biography. He not only managed to bring to life the towering and complicated figure of Johnson, but also provided an intimate picture of private life that mingled the hero’s humbler friends with the greatest talkers of a talkative age. The result is an enduring monument to a remarkable man that ensured Boswell’s own place in literary history.
Price: 9.95 USD
Location: Bristol, Connecticut
End Time: 2024-12-15T20:20:14.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.73 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: New York
Book Title: Boswell's Life Of Samuel Johnson
Publisher: Dell Publishing
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1960
Type: Novel
Language: English
Special Attributes: Vintage Paperback, 1st Edition, First Laurel Classics printing, Abridged
Author: Edmund Fuller
Region: North America
Topic: Classics
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
