Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 91 Stephen, Leslie 1832 1904 Stephen, Sir Leslie Samuel Johnson Reading ease score: 65.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Linda Cantoni and PG Distributed Proofreaders "Samuel Johnson" by Leslie Stephen is a biographical account written in the late 19th century. The book delves into the life and legacy of Samuel Johnson, exploring various significant aspects of his existence from childhood through to his literary contributions and his relationships with friends and contemporaries. The beginning of the book opens with an examination of Johnson's early life, detailing his background in Lichfield where he was born in 1709 to a bookseller father. This portion highlights the challenges he faced from a young age, including health issues and the influence of his father's ambitions. Johnson's childhood is portrayed as a mix of eccentricity and brilliance, marked by his early intellectual pursuits and social interactions that shaped his character. The narrative weaves in anecdotes about his quirky behavior and remarkable intellectual capacity, setting the stage for the deeper explorations of his literary career and personal struggles that follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 382987 382877 2024-10-05T07:51:37.762878 2023-10-05T08:01:21.237962 text/html text/html 382980 382870 2024-10-05T07:51:38.017828 2023-10-05T08:01:21.407000 text/html text/html 215967 2024-10-05T07:51:44.387827 application/epub+zip 220937 2024-10-05T07:51:40.022846 application/epub+zip 220936 2024-10-05T07:51:38.707845 application/epub+zip 381203 2024-10-05T07:51:47.872307 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362962 2024-10-05T07:51:43.636856 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330550 2022-09-05T11:20:37.403666 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364502 364443 2024-10-05T07:51:37.409834 2023-10-05T08:01:20.996983 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 365839 2004-02-11T10:22:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 143035 2004-02-11T10:22:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 365830 2004-02-11T10:22:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 142978 2004-02-11T10:22:08 text/plain application/zip 21223 2024-10-05T07:51:47.997286 application/rdf+xml 12569 2024-10-05T07:51:39.242848 image/jpeg 3351 2024-10-05T07:51:38.972857 image/jpeg 213639 2024-10-05T07:51:38.050886 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia