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The life of Samuel Johnson

Book • 1831

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Mentioned by

Tom Holland

as Boswell's biography that vividly resurrects Samuel Johnson and as the subject of the next episode.

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Gretchen Rubin

as a book she is rereading.

Listed by hosts among books that influenced C.S. Lewis.

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Leland Ryken

in the context of C.S. Lewis's discussion of the importance of reading.

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Morteza Hajizadeh

as another work the guest edited for Penguin Classics, indicating editorial experience.

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John Ortberg

to illustrate Samuel Johnson’s character through Boswell’s biography.

Mentioned by

Morteza Hajizadeh

as a Penguin Classics edition edited by Womersley, cited to establish his editorial work.

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