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James Boswell: The Life of Samuel Johnson

Скачать книгу (размер 5 216 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1024) Аннотация: The 22-year old James Boswell first met Johnson, who was then aged 54, in 1763. Nine years later he wrote in his journal of his ‘constant plan to write the life of Mr Johnson’. Boswell was tireless in his search for authenticated proof, and his training as a lawyer helped him sift the evidence of friends and to operate forensically on Johnson himself. Boswell drew him out as no one else could,…