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Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I (version 2)

Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I (version 2)

Di: James Boswell
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This is the first of four volumes of a what was a new, intimate, type of biography when it was first published in 1791 and which has been annotated by numerous editors . Boswell took many notes of Johnson's conversations during the time when he knew one of England's most influential men of letters and he also gives us frequent glimpses of other famous personalities who were part of Johnson's circle in eighteenth century London. - Summary by barbara2Copyright Autobiographies Genre Arte Scienze sociali Storia e critica della letteratura
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