18th CenturyHistory and a Life

Boswell: The Life of Samuel Johnson

The great biography: a young Scot follows the dictionary maker for twenty years and writes down his talk.

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Volume
41 of the 1990 set
Author
James Boswell (1740–1795)
Work
The Life of Samuel Johnson 1791

Ideas: Virtue and character Conversation and dialogue Friendship and love

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Nothing before it: a good place to start.

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This is one of the top rungs of The Enlightenment.

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