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 | The Life of Samuel Johnson (Penguin Classics) (Abridged Edition) by James Boswell, Christopher (Editor) Boswell Hibbert, Christopher (Introduction By) Hibbert, John Boswell Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1979 ISBN-10: 0-14-043116-0 / 0140431160 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-043116-2 / 9780140431162 James Boswell is for some the ideal scribe, for others a sycophantic toady. Edmund Wilson memorably labeled him "a vain and pushing diarist." Boswell can even be seen as someone unconsciously intent on undermining his idol in sonorous, balanced sentences. Early on in his massive Life, he puts all ma | |