The celebrated Dr. Johnson made a lasting contribution to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer and lexicographer. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Samuel Johnson, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Johnson's life and works

* Concise introductions to the major works

* ALL the essays, articles, pamphlets, biographies and critical works

* Rare works often missed out of collections

* Includes the posthumous collection PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS, appearing here for the first time in digital print

* Includes a generous selection of entries for the original 1755 Dictionary, with many definitions for all letters of the alphabet, as well as the original plan and preface

* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry

* Easily locate the poems you want to read

* Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Johnson’s contribution to literature

* Features four biographies immerse yourself in Johnson's world!

* Includes the complete edition of Boswell’s seminal biography, as well as a useful abridged version

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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CONTENTS:

The Essays and Pamphlets

A VOYAGE TO ABYSSINIA

MARMOR NORFOLCIENSE

A COMPLEAT VINDICATION OF THE LICENSERS OF THE STAGE

THE PLAN OF A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

THE RAMBLER

THE ADVENTURER

THE IDLER

THE FALSE ALARM

THOUGHTS ON THE LATE TRANSACTIONS RESPECTING FALKLAND’S ISLANDS

THE PATRIOT

TAXATION NO TYRANNY

A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND

DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT

A CONVERSATION BETWEEN HIS MOST SACRED MAJESTY GEORGE III AND SAMUEL JOHNSON LID

MISCELLANEOUS PAMPHLETS, REVIEWS AND ESSAYS

PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS

The Novella

THE PRINCE OF ABISSINIA: A TALE

The Dictionary

PREFACE TO A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

SELECTED DICTIONARY ENTRIES

The Biographies

AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MR RICHARD SAVAGE

THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS

THE LIVES OF EMINENT MEN

The Literary Criticism

MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS ON THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING THE DRAMATICK WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

PREFACE TO THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

NOTES TO SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE

The Play

IRENE

The Poems

LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

The Criticism

DR. JOHNSON AND HIS CIRCLE by John Bailey

SAMUEL JOHNSON by Richard Claverhouse Jebb

SAMUEL JOHNSON by Leslie Stephen

STUDIES OF A BIOGRAPHER by Leslie Stephen

A POETICAL REVIEW OF THE LITERARY AND MORAL CHARACTER OF JOHNSON by John Courtenay

SAMUEL JOHNSON by Nathaniel Hawthorne

SAMUEL JOHNSON by C. E. Vaughan

ANECDOTES OF THE LATE SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. by Hester Lynch Piozzi

THE REAL DR. JOHNSON by G. K. Chesterton

A REMINISCENCE OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON by H. P. Lovecraft

The Biographies

THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. by James Boswell

BOSWELL’S LIFE OF JOHNSON (ABRIDGED) by Charles Grosvenor Osgood

MACAULAY’S LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay

AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON by Arthur Murphy

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