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The World in Thirty-Eight Chapters or Dr Johnson's Guide to Life
The World in ThirtyEight Chapters or Dr Johnson's Guide to Life
Author: Henry Hitchings
Samuel Johnson was a critic, an essayist, a poet and a biographer. He was also, famously, the compiler of the first good English dictionary, published in 1755. A polymath and a great conversationalist, his intellectual and social curiosity were boundless. Yet he was a deeply melancholy man, haunted by dark thoughts, sickness and a diseased imagi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781509841929
ISBN-10: 150984192X
Publication Date: 6/12/2018
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Macmillan
Book Type: Hardcover
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