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Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson During the Last Twenty Years of His Life
Author: Hesther Lynch Piozzi [Mrs Thrale]
Publication Date: 1786
Library Ref No: bs 1005/4
Details: This was her first book, a candid and generically ground-breaking biography, which sold out on the first day of publication. The book was seen as concentrating too much on Johnson's foibles and failings.
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