{"product_id":"9781442947511","title":"Life of Johnson","description":"Poet, lexicographer, critic, moralist and Great Cham, Dr. Johnson had in his friend Boswell the ideal biograoher.  \u003cp\u003eNotoriously and self-confessedly intemperate, Boswell shared with Johnson a huge appetite for life and threw equal energy into recording its every aspect in minute but telling detail. This irrepressible Scotsman was 'always studying human nature and making experiments', and the marvellously vivacious \u003ci\u003eJournals\u003c\/i\u003e he wrote daily furnished him with first-rate material when he came to write his biography.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHe result is a masterpiece that brims over with wit, anecdote and originality. Hailed by Macaulay as the best biography ever written and by Carlyle as a book 'beyond any other product of the eighteenth century', \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Samuel Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e today continues to enjoy its status as a classic of the language.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis shortened version is based on the 1799 edition, the last in which the author had a hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ReadHowYouWant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154552013040,"sku":"9781442947511","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442947511_p0.jpg?v=1763812712","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442947511","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}