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Selected Essays: xl (Penguin Classics)

Selected Essays: xl (Penguin Classics)

by David Womersley (Editor), David Womersley (Editor), Samuel Johnson (Author)

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Synopsis

This volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary character and forged the distinctive prose style that established him as a public figure. Also included here is the best of Johnson's later journalism, including essays from the periodicals 'The Adventurer' and 'The Idler'.

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Format: Abridged
 Pages: 576
 Edition: Reissue
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 27 Feb 2003
ISBN 10: 0140436278
ISBN 13: 9780140436273

Author Bio
Samuel Johnson (1709-84) was an English poet, novelist, critic, lexicographer, biographer, and editor. But it was his essays that made him a dominant figure in 18th century English literary life. David Womersley is a lecturer in English at Jesus College, Oxford. He edited the authoritative three-volume edition of Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', as well as the one-volume abridged edition, for Penguin Classics.