Selected Writings
English Literature, Literary Studies
English Literature, Literary Studies
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140430332 (0140430334)
Publish date: 1968
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 576
Edition language: English
Nobody reads Samuel Johnson anymore. There are a lot of misconceptions about his conservatism that tend to make moderns think his scribbles irrelevant nowadays. This is unfortunate because a lot of what he says is sensible and the way he states it is still lively even today. I guess I'm used to a...