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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780140436273 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
824.6 |
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JOH |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Johnson, Samuel |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Selected essays |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Penguin Books, |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London : |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xl, 594 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
20 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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| Price amount |
999.00 |
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₹ |
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01 |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Penguin Classics |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
With his wit, eloquence and shrewd perception of contemporary morals, Samuel Johnson was the most versatile of Augustan writers. His dictionary, dramas and poetry established his reputation, but it was the essays published in The Rambler, The Adventurer and The Idler that demonstrated the range of his talent. Tackling ethical questions such as the importance of self-knowledge, awareness of mortality, the role of the novel, and, in a lighter vein, marriage, sleep and deceit, these brilliant and thought-provoking essays are a mirror of the time in which they were written and a testament to Johnson's stature as the leading man of letters of his age." "This new edition contains a broad selection of essays presenting both the forcefully argued moral pieces of Johnson's middle years and the more light-hearted essays of his later work. The introduction places the works in their historical and literary context, and there is also a chronology of Johnson's life and times. |
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English essays |
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18th century |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Womersley, David |
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ed. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Item type |
Books |