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Name: Life of Samuel Johnson
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Author: James Boswell

📘 Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell

James Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson remains a towering classic of biographical literature. Drawing on extensive interviews and daily journals, Boswell chronicles the intellectual life of the famed English lexicographer, critic, and moralist Samuel Johnson. The work is celebrated for its vivid detail, lively wit, and insightful exploration of human nature, securing its place as a definitive portrait of an 18th‑century intellectual.

First publish date: 1776

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography

Authors: James Boswell

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