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The life of Samuel Johnson / James Boswell ; edited with an introduction by David Womersley.
- Title
- The life of Samuel Johnson / James Boswell ; edited with an introduction by David Womersley.
- Author
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795
- Publication
- London ; New York : Penguin, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PR3533.B7 W66 2008 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Womersley, David
- Description
- lx, 1245 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Regarded as one of the finest literary biographies ever published, this book reveals a man of outsized appetites and private vulnerabilities, and is the source of much of what we know about one of the towering figures of English literature. This edition collates and corrects the textual inaccuracies of previous versions, returning to the original manuscript in order to present a definitive edition of this landmark text.
- Series Statement
- Penguin classics
- Uniform Title
- Penguin classics
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- collective biographies.
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Note
- Previous ed.: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [lv]-lx) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780140436624 (pbk.)
- 0140436626 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 223803133
- SCSB-11750272
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library