LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON (PENGUIN CLASSICS) (PB)

In Boswell's famous Life of his famous subject, Johnson emerges as a sociable figure, fencing with great contemporaries such as Garrick, Goldsmith, Burney and Burke, as well as Boswell himself. Yet anxieties and obsessions darkened Johnson's private hours, making the biography as moving as it is entertaining. In this unabridged edition, David Womersley's introduction examines the motives behind Boswell's work, and the differences between the two men that drew them to each other. Also contains chronologies of Boswell and Johnson, appendices, indexes and biographical details.