TY - BOOK AU - Boswell,James AU - Hill,George Birkbeck Norman TI - Life of Johnson, Volume 1: 1709-1765 AV - PR PY - 2005/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 KW - Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography KW - Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography KW - Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_of_Samuel_Johnson; Release date is 2005-09-01; Produced by Jonathan Ingram, David King and PG Distributed Proofreaders; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Life of Johnson, Volume 1" by James Boswell is a biography published in 1791. This landmark work chronicles the final twenty-two years of English writer Samuel Johnson's life through detailed journal entries and meticulously recorded conversations. Drawing from Boswell's extensive daily journals, the book recreates Johnson's "life in scenes," capturing his wit, wisdom, and moral struggles. Praised from publication as a masterpiece, it revolutionized biographical writing and remains one of the most celebrated nonfiction works in English literature, offering both historical insight and enduring literary achievement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8918 ER -