A Publisher's Note on This Edition
BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON belongs so obviously on the list of Modern Library books that the editors have cast about for a long time for a plan whereby its inclusion could be made possible. The text was much too long for the usual Modern Library format. An unabridged edition was unthinkable, and a two volume edition was entirely against the Modern Library's policy.
The editors feel that this new Modern Library format is an ideal solution to the problem. From time to time, other famous books hitherto available only in two or three expensive volumes, will be published in the same manner.
About the Book
Boswell draws on his journals to create an affectionate portrait of the great lexicographer.
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added by Susan Vaughn.
"Published in 1931 during the Great Depression, The Life of Samuel Johnson's editors were surely very concerned about affordability. I am curious as to whether this venture was a success and whether it influenced their future publishing decisions."
34 editions First published in 1798
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1839, John Murray
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., including
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New ed. / with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker, and two supplementary vols. of Johnsoniana by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, etc.
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1844, John Murray
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., including
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1848, Henry G. Bohn
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., including
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New ed. / with numerous additions and notes by John Wilson Croker, to which are added two supplementary vols. of Johnsoniana by Hawkins, Piozzi,Murphy etc.
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1930, Alfred A. Knopf
The conversations of Dr. Johnson, extracted from the life by James Boswell
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eBook PDF, ePub or in browser from Internet Archive |
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1949, John Lehmann
The conversations of Dr. Johnson, extracted from the life by James Boswell
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1964, Clarendon P
Life of Johnson, together with Boswell's 'Journal of a tour to the Hebrides' and Johnson's 'Diary of a journey into North Wales'
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