Samuel Johnson : a life
Nokes, David2010
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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 / David Nokes.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Faber, 2010.
Collation:
xx, 415 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2009.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571226368 (pbk)
Dewey class:
828.609828.609 JOHN
Local class:
B/JOHN
Language:
English
BRN:
18160