THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON - All 6 Volumes in One Edition (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Including Journal & DiaryBy James Boswell, Grosvenor Osgood
Length117h 16m
About this audiobook
Gathering the full six-volume expanse of James Boswell's monumental The Life of Samuel Johnson into a single edition, this work stands as one of the defining achievements of literary biography. Combining memoir, conversation, criticism, anecdote, travel narrative, and intellectual history, it reconstructs Johnson's world with extraordinary density and dramatic vitality. Its celebrated scenes of sociability, argument, wit, melancholy, and moral reflection illuminate not only a singular literary figure but the broader culture of eighteenth-century letters. Boswell, Johnson's devoted companion and astute recorder, transformed biography into an art of psychological observation and documentary immediacy. With the editorial presence associated with Grosvenor Osgood, this edition situates the work within traditions of Enlightenment inquiry, Augustan criticism, and the rise of modern authorship. The voices of Johnson's circle—critics, poets, politicians, booksellers, and conversationalists—collectively enrich the portrait, making the biography a many-sided record of literary society. This complete edition is indispensable for readers seeking both a life and an age in full. It offers an unmatched opportunity to encounter biography as scholarship, art, and cultural archive, fostering dialogue between personality, history, and literature within one expansive volume.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 4.6 (1.2K)
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GenreBiography and Memoir, Literary Classics
Length117 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 18, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Eminent Victorians (Annotated)
2BOSWELL’S
3PREFACE.
4ERRATA.
5DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
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6ADVERTISMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.
7A CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PROSE WORKS[81] OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
8THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 1)
9THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 2)
10THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 3)
11THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 4)
12THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 5)
13APPENDIX A (pt. 1)
14APPENDIX A (pt. 2)
15APPENDIX B.
16APPENDIX C.
17APPENDIX D.
18APPENDIX E.
19APPENDIX F.
20FOOTNOTES: (pt. 1)
21FOOTNOTES: (pt. 2)
22FOOTNOTES: (pt. 3)
23BOSWELL’S
24THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 1)
25THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 2)
26THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 3)
27THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 4)
28THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 5)
29APPENDIX A. (Page 17.)
30APPENDIX B. (Page 312.)
31BOSWELL’S LIFE OF JOHNSON
32THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 1)
33THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 2)
34THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 3)
35THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 4)
36THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 5)
37APPENDIX A.
38APPENDIX B.
39APPENDIX C.
40APPENDIX D.
41APPENDIX E.
42BOSWELL’S LIFE OF JOHNSON
43THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 1)
44THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 2)
45THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (pt. 3)
461783.’ (pt. 1)
471783.’ (pt. 2)
481783.’ (pt. 3)
49APPENDIX A.
50APPENDIX D.
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