About this title: A classic reissue of Richard Holmes's brilliant book on Samuel Johnson's friendship with the poet Richard Savage, which won the James Tait Black Prize for Biography. Dr Johnson & Mr Savage is the story of a mysterious eighteenth-century friendship. Richard Savage was a poet, playwright and convicted murderer who roamed through the brothels and society salons of Augustan England creating a legend of poetic injustice. Strangest of all his achievements was the friendship he inspired in Samuel Johnson, then a young, unknown schoolmaster just arrived in London to seek his literary fortune. This ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1996-04-30
ISBN-13:9780679757702ISBN:0679757708
Description: Very Good. Pages are clean, crisp and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679435853ISBN:0679435859
Description: Good in Good jacket. This Copy States "Copyright 1993. " 323-U Ex-library. Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 1st American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679435853ISBN:0679435859
Description: Good+. in Good +. jacket. Ex-Library Ex-library, clean unread & tight. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679435853ISBN:0679435859
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Full number line with no writing. read more
Edition: First edition. First American ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780679435853ISBN:0679435859
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Green cloth spine with green boards. The dust jacket has minor rubbing. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 260 p. Audience: General/trade. Recounts a story of a mysterious eighteenth-century friendship between Richard Savage-poet, playwright, and convicted murderer-and the young Samuel Johnson, an unknown provincial schoolmasterjust arrived in London to seek his literary fortune. read more
Binding: H Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679435853ISBN:0679435859
Description: As New. Appears to be unread, square and solid with no spine tilt or lean, dustjacket is sharp and clean; you'll be thrilled with this book! 100% satisfaction guaranteed! ! ! read more
Edition: First edition. American ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679435853ISBN:0679435859
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. A Fine Copy in Fine Dustjacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 260 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Random pick at the library; I've never read Johnson or Boswell's Johnson etc. So far... incredibly well done. Sounds a little like an English Lit text, and it is I guess -- the early 18th c. birth of modern biography. But at least the first 1/3 is a gripping story about the friendship between the down-and-out ex-con/poet laureate/political dissenter (Savage) and the down-on-his-luck young schoolmaster/writer (Johnson) -- and the aftermath of the friendship."
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