num_pages: 379
description: Using material from Boswell's private papers, which he felt unable to divulge, this is a minutely-detailed portrait of Samuel Johnson, the father of English letters. It ranges from the eccentric schoolboy in Lichfield, to the Grub Street hack, and finally to the legendary figure of Fleet Street.
language: English
title: The Personal History of Samuel Johnson
titlecomplete: The Personal History of Samuel Johnson
characters: Samuel Johnson
genres: History, Biography
ratings_count: 18
publisher: Pimlico