Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Johnson (Illustrated‪)‬

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







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