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Сэмюэл Джонсон - автор 7 книг. Из известных произведений можно выделить: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings. Все книги можно читать онлайн и бесплатно скачивать на нашем портале.
Written in the evenings of a single week to pay for his mother's funeral, Samuel Johnson's only novel offers a compelling glimpse of the distinguished English writer's moral views. Its rapid execution, it is said, was the result of a lifetime spent contemplating the book's chief topics. A philosophical romance that traces the pilgrimage of an African prince and his companions t...
Samuel Johnson's A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and James Boswell's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides recounts their tour of Scotland in 1773. While Johnson focuses on Scotland itself, Boswell is even keener on presenting his friend to the notables of his homeland. Together they form a complete account of a fascinating journey, two intriguing personalities, and of a soc...
Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, was one of England's greatest literary figures: a poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer and a critic of English literature. He was also a great wit and prose stylist, well known for his aphorisms. Between 1745 and 1755, Johnson wrote perhaps his best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language. During the decade he w...
In 1773, the great Samuel Johnson–then 63–and his young friend and future biographer, James Boswell, traveled together around the coast of Scotland, each writing his own account of the 83-day journey. Published in one volume, the very different travelogues of this unlikely duo provide a fascinating picture not only of the Scottish Highlands but also of the relationship between two men whose fame w...
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these hi...
Сэмюэл Джонсон (Samuel Johnson; 18 сентября (7 сентября по старому стилю) 1709 — 13 декабря 1784) — английский критик, лексикограф и поэт эпохи Просвещения, чьё имя, по оценке «Британники», стало в англоязычном мире синонимом второй половины XVIII века.
