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Selected Essays (Penguin Classics) Book

This volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary character and forged the distinctive prose style that established him as a public figure. Also included here is the best of Johnson's later journalism, including essays from the periodicals 'The Adventurer' and 'The Idler'.Read More

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  • Penguin

    'There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect, compared with which reproach, hatred and opposition are names of happiness' With his wit, eloquence and shrewd perception of contemporary morals, Samuel Johnson was the most versatile of Augustan writers.

  • Blackwell

    With his wit, eloquence and shrewd perception of contemporary morals, Samuel Johnson was the most versatile of Augustan writers. His dictionary, dramas and poetry established his reputation, but it was the essays published in The Rambler...

  • 0140436278
  • 9780140436273
  • Samuel Johnson
  • 27 February 2003
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 576
  • Rev Ed
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