A life of Johnson
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1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 36 min.)) : digital.
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electronic resource - Edition: Abridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Naxos : Made available through hoopla, 2006.
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Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Billy Hartman. |
Summary, etc.: | Boswell's biography of his friend and hero Samuel Johnson is an acknowledged classic, full of humorous anecdote and rich characterisation. Johnson's complex humanity (his depression, fear of death, intellectual brilliance and rough humour) is set within a vivid picture of eighteenth-century London, peopled by personalities of the time such as Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Wilkes, Oliver Goldsmith and David Garrick. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Authors, English 18th century Biography London (England) Intellectual life 18th century |