Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson

Klappentext This 1932 volume offers a forthright biography of Samuel Johnson by one of his closest acquaintances, Hesther Lynch Piozzi. Zusammenfassung Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson by Hesther Lynch Piozzi was originally published in 1786. It proved to be enormously popular and in 1925 the Cambridge University Press produced an edition of the work with an introduction by S. C. Roberts. The volume offers a forthright biography of Samuel Johnson by one of his closest acquaintances. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's preface; Introduction; Preface; Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. during the last twenty years of his life; Postscript.

Product details

• Authors: Hesther Lynch Piozzi, Piozzi Hesther Lynch
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.04.2012
• EAN: 9781107699151
• ISBN: 978-1-107-69915-1
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Biography: writers