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Samuel Johnson
Book List in Order: 29 titles
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The History of Rasselas the Prince of Abyssinia
- Jan-1962
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The text is that of the first edition, corrected in a few places, slightly modernized in spelling and punctuation, and altered to include Johnson's revisions in the second edition (1759) of the work. The explanatory notes rely heavily on definitions ...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vols 3-5: The Rambler
- Sep-1969
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"My other works," Samuel Johnson reputed to have said, "are wine and water; but my "Rambler" is pure wine." Posterity has come to accept this verdict; yet surprisingly enough, until not the most widely used edition of the "Rambler" has been wholly un...
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Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 16
- Jan-1991
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This volume brings together three of Johnson’s longest fictional pieces, showing the unusual similarities in some of their main themes and emphases. Rasselas, a philosophical tale that embodies the full range of Johnson’s thinking on moral, psych...
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Gabriels Ladder
- Jun-1999
- / General Fiction
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Set against a backdrop of racism, this book tells the story of black people living in London in the 1980s and 1990s. Gabriel returns to London to investigate the death of his mother two decades earlier. His experiences in black politics and activism ...
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Selected Essays
- Apr-2003
- / General Fiction
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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 pu...
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Preface to Shakespeare
- May-2009
- / General Fiction
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Books for All Kinds of Readers. ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyReadô are optimized by increasing the font size and spacing between the words and t...
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Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
- Jul-2009
- / General Fiction
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It is a travelogue that encapsulates Johnson’s eighty-three days’ journey to Scotland and the islands of Hebrides in 1773. Johnson has portrayed Scotland by depicting the scenes picturesquely. The whole panorama enhances reader’s interest to an...
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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
- Jul-2009
- / General Fiction
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There's something wild in this ''picture of a young girl hungering for life and love in the harsh outback plains of New South Wales''. Banned by the author herself until ten years after her death in 1954, this vivid Australian classic was originally ...
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Samuel Johnson
- May-2011
- / General Fiction
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A one†‘volume collection of the prose and poetry of eighteenth†‘century Britain's pre†‘eminent lexicographer, critic, biographer, and poet Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson was eighteenth†‘century Britain’s preeminent man of letters, an...
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The History of Rasselas
- Nov-2012
- / General Fiction
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The distinguished English writer's only novel provides a compelling glimpse of his moral views as he assails 18th-century optimism and man's unrealistic estimates of what life has to offer. Rasselas ponders such subjects as romantic love, flights of ...
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Pathway to Paradise
- Nov-2012
- / Science Fiction
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The author is an octogenarian and has written two other compositions. The first two were autobiographical and nonfiction.This fictional composition required two and a half years to complete and required considerable research. All settings in this com...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson Volume V
- Jun-2014
- / General Fiction
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
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Dr. Johnson's Works
- Jul-2014
- / General Fiction
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
- May-2015
- / Historical
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia is a story about happiness. This edition includes a table of contents....
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The Adventurer, Volume 3
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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A Grammar Of The English Tongue
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, was one of England's greatest literary figures: a poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer and a critic of English literature. He was also a great wit and prose stylist, well known ...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, leaves the easy life of the Happy Valley, accompanied by his sister Nekayah, her attendant Pekuah, and the much-travelled philosopher Imlac. Their journey takes them to Egypt, where they study the various conditions of ...
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...
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Lives of Milton and Addison
The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of t...
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Paradise Lost
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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The Prince Of Abissinia
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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The Rambler
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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The Vicar Of Wakefield
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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