Samuel Johnson: A Life (Hard Cover)

Stock Code:
BAE5101
Price:
$25.00

Description

Samuel Johnson: A Life by David Nokes. 'Johnson, born weak and half-blind, shambolic and poverty-stricken, became the most admired and quoted man in the eighteenth century. Thrown out of Oxford for a lack of funds, he rose to celebrity: author of the Dictionary, a friend to the king, companion of Reynolds, Goldsmith and Garrick. David Nokes looks beyond Johnson's remarkable public persona and beyond the Johnson that Boswell to some extent created. Nokes looks at his troubled relationship with his first wife, whom he married for money but felt guilty about for the rest of his life; at his family, who haunted his dreams for years; and at his difficult, intimate relationship with Mrs Thrale. He shows a man who gave a quarter of the government pension he received to the poor, filled his home with the blind and destitute, and bequeathed his wealth to Frank Barber, an emancipated black slave brought from Jamaica. Insightful and engaging, "Samuel Johnson" draws an illuminating portrait of Johnson, his life and world.' The dust jacket has light general wear with some scuffing and bumps. The book has bumps on the corners but remains tight and bright.

Details

  • Author:
    Nokes, David
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    Faber & Faber
  • Edition:
    First Thus
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    Counter17
  • ISBN:
    9780571226351
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    415
  • Publish Date:
    2009
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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