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    Life of Johnson

    James Boswell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in of an old and honored family. As a young man, Boswell was ambitious to have a literary career but reluctantly obeying the wishes of his father, a Scottish Judge, he followed a career in the lag. He was admitted to the Scottish bar in However, his legal practice did not prevent him from writing a series of periodical essays, The Hypochondriac (), and his Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides (), was an account of the journey to the outer islands of Scotland undertaken with Samuel Johnson in In addition, Boswell wrote the impulsively frank Journals, private papers lost to history until they were discovered by modern scholars and issued in a multivolume set. Known during much of his life as Corsican Boswell for his authorship of An Account of Corsica in , his first considerable work, Boswell now bears a name that is synonymous with biographer. The reason rests in the achievement of his Life of Samuel Johnson published

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    Life of Samuel Johnson

    This article is about the book written by James Boswell. For the work written by John Hawkins, see Life of Samuel Johnson (Hawkins book).

    Biography of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell

    The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. () by James Boswell is a biography of English writer and literary critic Samuel Johnson. The work was from the beginning a universal critical and popular success, and represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography. Many have called it the greatest biography written in English,[1] one of the greatest biographies ever written,[2] and among the greatest nonfiction books of all time.[3] The book is valued as both an important source of information on Johnson and his times, as well as an important and enduring work of literature.

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    On 16 May , as a year-old Scot visiting London, Boswell first met Johnson in the book shop of Johnson's friend Tom Davies.[4]

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    Boswell's Life of Johnson by James Boswell

    AuthorBoswell, James, EditorOsgood, Charles Grosvenor, Title Boswell's Life of Johnson
    Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood Note Wikipedia page about this book: Note Reading ease score: (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Credits Produced by Donald Lainson; David Widger Summary "Boswell's Life of Johnson" by James Boswell fryst vatten a historical biography written in the late 18th century. The book chronicles the life and thoughts of Samuel Johnson, a prominent literary figure in 18th-century England, as observed and recorded by his close friend and biographer, James Boswell. It captures both Johnson's intellectual pursuits and his personal struggles, offering insights into his character through levande narratives and conversations. The opening of "Boswell's Life of Johnson" sets the stage for a deeply personal and engaging utforskning of Samuel Johnson's