# The Life of Samuel Johnson

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- Book: [The Life of Samuel Johnson](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-boswell/the-life-of-samuel-johnson) ([The Life of Samuel Johnson.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-boswell/the-life-of-samuel-johnson.md))
- Authors: [James Boswell](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-boswell)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4043-116-2
- Pages: 384
- Published: 1979-08-30
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The most celebrated English biography is a group portrait in which extraordinary man paints the picture of a dozen more At the centre of a brilliant circle which included Burke, Reynolds, Garrick, Fanny...