description: This work concentrates on the years after Johnson's death, during which Boswell, through all his trials and sorrows, remained dedicated to the task of depicting his friend 'more completely than any man who has yet ever lived'.
language: English
title: Boswell's Presumptuous Task : Writing the Life of Dr Johnson
titlecomplete: Boswell's Presumptuous Task : Writing the Life of Dr Johnson
genres: Biography, Books About Books, British Literature, Nonfiction, Literature, 18th Century, History
ratings_count: 148
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Biography/Autobiography
publisher: HarperPerennial