Samuel Johnson : a life
Nokes, David2009
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Johnson, born weak and half-blind, shambolic and poverty-stricken, became the most admired and quoted man in the 18th century. David Nokes looks beyond Johnson's public persona and beyond the Johnson that Boswell to some extent created.
Main title:
Samuel Johnson : a life / by David Nokes.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2009.
Collation:
400 p. [8]p. of plates ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780571226351 (hbk)0571226353 (hbk)
Dewey class:
828.6'09920.JOHN828.609
Local class:
920.JOH
Language:
English
BRN:
640268