Boswell and Johnson

By J.F. Waller

Boswell and Johnson are two names that may well be placed together: a great artist and his great subject; indeed the name of the one ever recalls that of the other. If Boswell owes all the permanency of his fame to Johnson, Johnson owes not a little of his to Boswell. The finest and the wisest table-talk that English literature possesses has been preserved by the faithfullest and ablest of chroniclers. This volume attempts no new life of either. The author's aim has been to accomplish a pleasant and instructive picture of the great man of the Eighteenth Century - of his mind, his manners, his habits - his intercourse with, and influence upon, his friends, his companions, and his contemporaries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472514505
• ISBN13: 9781472514509
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"