{"product_id":"the-life-of-samuel-johnson-everymans-library","title":"The Life of Samuel Johnson (Everyman's Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the greatest and most compelling of all biographies in literature had its beginnings on a fateful day in London in 1763  when young James Boswell determinedly attached himself to the dominant literary figure of his agethe splendidly humane  devastatingly witty  often troubled Dr. Samuel Johnson. What followed was one of the most famous of literary friendships  one that Boswell carefully documented over the years and eventually made the basis of an extraordinarily vivid group portrait.  Johnson was at the center of a brilliant circle that included the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds  the actor David Garrick  the writers Frances Burney and Edmund Burke  and even King George III. By incorporating conversations he had recorded and including a wealth of personal and human details in his LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON  Boswell revolutionized the art of biography. He not only managed to bring to life the towering and complicated figure of Johnson  but also provided an intimate picture of private life that mingled the heros humbler friends with the greatest talkers of a talkative age. The result is an enduring monument to a remarkable man that ensured Boswells own place in literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945262018613,"sku":"ByrdShop_0679417176","price":38.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780679417170.jpg?v=1769880355","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-life-of-samuel-johnson-everymans-library","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}