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The Life of Samuel Johnson, Volume V: Tour to the Hebrides and Journey into North Wales (Dodo Press)
The Life of Samuel Johnson Volume V Tour to the Hebrides and Journey into North Wales - Dodo Press Author:James Boswell Samuel Johnson (often referred to as Dr Johnson) (1709-1784) was an English author. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist, he made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, novelist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and political conservative, and has been descr... more »ibed as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history". He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.« less