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BOSWELL'S PRESUMPTUOUS TASK: Writing the life of Dr. Samuel Johnson.

BOSWELL'S PRESUMPTUOUS TASK: Writing the life of Dr. Samuel Johnson.

BOSWELL'S PRESUMPTUOUS TASK: Writing the life of Dr. Samuel Johnson.

BOSWELL'S PRESUMPTUOUS TASK: Writing the life of Dr. Samuel Johnson.

by SISMAN, Adam

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London: Penguin Books, 2001. Brochado / Paperback / Broché. Muito Bom/Very Good/Très Bien. In-8º (200x130). 1 Vol. de 392 pp.

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James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson is the most celebrated of all biographies, acknowledged as one of the greatest and most entertaining books in the English language. Yet Boswell himself has generally been considered little more than an idiot and condemned by posterity as a lecher and drunk. How could such a fool have written such a book? With great wit, Adam Sisman here tells the story of Boswell's presumptuous task-the making of the greatest biography of all time. Sisman traces the friendship between Boswell and Samuel Johnson, his great mentor, and provides a fascinating account of Boswell's seven-year struggle to write The Life of Samuel Johnson .

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Title
BOSWELL'S PRESUMPTUOUS TASK: Writing the life of Dr. Samuel Johnson.
Author
SISMAN, Adam
Format/Binding
Brochado / Paperback / Broché
Book Condition
Used - Muito Bom/Very Good/Très Bien
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Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0140254218
ISBN 13
9780140254211
Publisher
Penguin Books
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2001
Size
In-8º (200x130)
Keywords
Biografia

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