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Boswell's presumptuous task : the making of the life of Dr. Johnson

James Boswell's The life of Samuel Johnson is the most celebrated of all biographies, acknowledged as one of the greatest and most entertaining books in the English language. Yet Boswell himself has generally been considered little more than an idiot and condemned by posterity as a lecher and drunk. How could such a fool have written such a book? With great wit, Adam Sisman here tells the story of Boswell's presumptuous task-the making of the greatest biography of all time. Sisman traces the friendship between Boswell and Samuel Johnson, his great mentor, and provides a fascinating account of Boswell's seven-year struggle to write The life of Samuel Johnson.

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  • "Follows James Boswell's seven-year struggle to chronicle the life of his friend and mentor, Dr. Samuel Johnson, and examines his efforts to become well-respected in the literary community despite his reputation as a drunk and a lecher."
  • "James Boswell's The life of Samuel Johnson is the most celebrated of all biographies, acknowledged as one of the greatest and most entertaining books in the English language. Yet Boswell himself has generally been considered little more than an idiot and condemned by posterity as a lecher and drunk. How could such a fool have written such a book? With great wit, Adam Sisman here tells the story of Boswell's presumptuous task-the making of the greatest biography of all time. Sisman traces the friendship between Boswell and Samuel Johnson, his great mentor, and provides a fascinating account of Boswell's seven-year struggle to write The life of Samuel Johnson."@en

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  • "Biography"
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  • "Presuntuoso afán : así escribió James Boswell Vida de Samuel Johnson"@es
  • "Boswell's presumptuous task : the making of the life of Dr. Johnson"
  • "Boswell's presumptuous task : the making of the life of Dr. Johnson"@en
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  • "Boswell's presumptuous task : [writing the life of Dr. Johnson]"
  • "Presuntuoso afán : así escribió James Boswell "Vida de Samuel Johnson""
  • "Boswell's presumptuous task : writing the life of Dr Johnson"@en

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