Life of Johnson (Unabridged) (Oxford World's Classics) - Boswell, James

Clean, tight, unmarked; very light crease to bottom inside corner; light bend to middle center back inside edge; otherwise absolute minimal wear; no crease to spine; appears unread; Samuel Johnson was a poet, essayist, dramatist, and pioneering lexicographer, but his continuing reputation depends less on his modest literary output than on the fortunate accident of finding an ideal biographer in James Boswell. Surely no other biographer can have had more devotion to his subject, more opportunity to study him, or more talent in bringing him vividly to life than Boswell in hi Life of Johnson. As Johnson's constant and admiring companion, Boswell was able to record not only the outward events of his life, but also the humour, wit, and sturdy common sense of his conversation. His brilliant portrait of a major literary figure of the 18th century, enriched by historical and social detail, remains a monument to the art of biography.
Very Good
Soft cover
Oxford University Press
1998
New York, NY