The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell torrent

Category: Adults, Autobiography & Biographies, Documentary, History
Language: English
Keywords: 18th Century Biography English Literature Naxos

Written by James Boswell
Read by David Timson
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Charming, vibrant, witty and edifying, The Life of Samuel Johnson is a work of great obsession and boundless reverence. The literary critic Samuel Johnson was 54 when he first encountered Boswell; the friendship that developed spawned one of the greatest biographies in the history of world literature.

The book is full of humorous anecdote and rich characterization, and paints a vivid picture of 18th-century London, peopled by prominent personalities of the time such as Sir Joshua Reynolds, John Wilkes, Oliver Goldsmith and David Garrick, while also giving a compelling insight into Johnson’s complex humanity - his depression, fear of death, intellectual brilliance and rough humor.