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User Review - JVioland - LibraryThingBoswell is a good biographer, better than most modern ones. Samuel Johnson was quite a character, one who, even today, would be interesting to know. Whether discussing the rebellion in the North ... Read full review
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User Review - LisaMaria_C - LibraryThingThis is an abridgment of Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson, which as it is runs to over 500 pages. I am glad I read it, but I’m also glad I read an abridgment (an ebook downloaded for free from The ... Read full review
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| Title | The life of Samuel Johnson The Life of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell |
| Author | James Boswell |
| Publisher | Talboys, 1826 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2010 |
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