An Introduction to James Boswell's The Life of Samuel Johnson
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David Timson talks about the relationship between Samuel Johnson and James Boswell—how they met, their unlikely friendship and extensive conversations—and the composition of Boswell’s The Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the greatest biographies in the history of world literature.
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