Boswell's Life of Johnson - James Boswell

Boswell's Life of Johnson

Par James Boswell

  • Date de sortie: 2015-08-20
  • Genre: Romans et littérature

Description

James Boswell was a Scottish lawyer, diarist, and author. He was born in n Edinburgh in 1740. He is best known for the biography he wrote of Samuel Johnson. James Boswell and Samuel Johnson met for the very first time in 1763. Boswell's long-lost journals was one of the major literary discoveries of the 20th century. In his detailed and honest journal entries from the early 1760s until shortly before his death, we get his unique first-hand observations of life and personalities in the second half of the 18th century. 
“Boswell's Life of Johnson” is a biography of Samuel Johnson. Though Boswell began the biography in 1786, after the death of Johnson, he had been planning it ever since their  well-known meeting on May 16, 1763. Open the book and may you enjoy it from the first page to the last. Follow the character's life,  destiny and adventure. Enjoy the reading

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