The Life of Samuel Johnson, is a biography of Dr. Samuel Johnson written by James Boswell. It is regarded as an important stage in the development of the modern genre of biography; many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English. While Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject only began in 1763, when Johnson was 54 years old, Boswell covered the entirety of Johnson's life by means of additional research. The biography takes many critical liberties with Johnson's life, as Boswell makes various changes to Johnson's quotations and even censors many comments.
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![The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. ... The fourth edition, revised and corrected. [With a portrait.]](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Publication/v4/3b/92/ef/3b92ef4f-ddaf-bcf6-8c99-d76b2c10a49c/9780699490788_cover.jpg/270x270bb.jpg)
![Observations, good or bad, stupid or clever, serious or jocular, on Squire Foote's dramatic entertainment, intitled, The minor. By a genius [i.e. James Boswell].](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Publication/v4/d6/19/3b/d6193b6d-da06-563a-bba6-4d48a5aed4f7/9780699579407_cover.jpg/270x270bb.jpg)
