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1 online resource (1 audio file (51hr., 05 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Modern library of the world's best books ; 282.
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by David Timson. |
| Summary |
Charming, vibrant, witty and edifying, The Life of Samuel Johnson is a work of great obsession and boundless reverence. The literary critic Samuel Johnson was 54 when he first encountered Boswell; the friendship that developed spawned one of the greatest biographies in the history of world literature. The book is full of humorous anecdote and rich characterisation, and paints a vivid picture of 18th-century London, peopled by prominent personalities of the time such as Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Wilkes, Oliver Goldsmith and David Garrick, while also giving a compelling insight into Johnson's complex humanity - his depression, fear of death, intellectual brilliance and rough humour. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
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Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography.
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Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Evans, Bergen, 1904-1978.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781781981030 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1781981035 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12046141 |
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