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ISBN: 9780007234295 - Boswell's Presumptuous Task

Boswell's Presumptuous Task

Adam Sisman
ISBN10: 0007234295  ISBN13: 9780007234295  
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers HarperPerennial
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Oct 2006

A sparkling account of the writing of one of the most celebrated biographies of all time -- 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' -- and an account of the friendship that blossomed between writer and his subject. A sparkling account of the writing of one... More

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ISBN: 9780241136379 - Boswell's Presumptuous Task

Boswell's Presumptuous Task

Adam Sisman
ISBN10: 0241136377  ISBN13: 9780241136379  
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 02 Nov 2000

This is the story of Boswell's 'presumptuous task': his biography of Samuel Johnson. It traces the unlikely friendship between these two such different men, one of the most compelling pairings in the history of literature; and exposes the tensions... More

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ISBN: 9780140254211 - Boswell's Presumptuous Task

Boswell's Presumptuous Task

Adam Sisman
ISBN10: 0140254218  ISBN13: 9780140254211  
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 06 Sep 2001

This work concentrates on the years after Johnson's death, during which Boswell, through all his trials and sorrows, remained dedicated to the task of depicting his friend "more completely than any man who has yet ever lived". James Boswell died a... More

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