In the canon
The Life of Samuel Johnson
- Form
- Form Non-fiction
- Year
- Year 1791
- Pages
- Pages 1400
A young Scottish lawyer befriends a brilliant, difficult older writer in London and records his conversation and character for decades, building the most intimate biography in English.
No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
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