The life of Samuel Johnson

Book • 1831

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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.

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Leland Ryken

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

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