Boswell's life of Johnson
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Boswell's life of Johnson, by Charles Joseph Finger, discusses the claim that knowledge of Doctor Johnson depends entirely on James Boswell's close study of him. The opening rejects that common claim, describing Boswell's ambition as the production of a book that the world would want.
A story attributed to Lowe describes Johnson writing him a letter and Boswell following him when he takes the letter away. Lowe's reported exchange has Boswell requesting a sight of the letter and Lowe explaining that the letter concerns his own private affairs. The discussion of Johnson's married life credits mutual forbearance with the couple getting along very well, while describing a flirtation or two as causing no trouble.
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- Charles Joseph Finger
- Pages
- 37
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Literature
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