Samuel Johnson
Wain John
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Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Publisher: The Viking Press
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1974
Edition: First Edition
Description: 388 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. This Describes Johnson's Early Life In Lichfield, With Its Promise Of Themes That Remained Constant In His Biography.
Publishers Description: John Wain, author presents a major new biography of England's greatest man of letters. He describes how "Johnson often mixed with people who were desperate human wrecks, some of whom were close friends; to the end of his life he filled house with people who were not successes in the eyes of the world, yet at the same time he conversed on equal and bettter than equeal terms with the most important and brilliant people of that time."
ISBN: 0670616710
(189623)
