The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I, credited to James Boswell, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I by James Boswell. Read in English by Barbara Baker This is the first of four volumes of a what was a new, intimate, type of biography when it was first published in 1791 and which has been annotated by numerous editors . Boswell took many notes of Johnson's conversations during the time when he knew one of England's most influential men of letters and he also gives us frequent glimpses of other famous personalities who were part of Johnson's circle in eighteenth century London. - Summary by barbara2

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I
• Author credits: James Boswell
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 67
• Listed recording duration: 33:43:18

Catalogue topics

• samuel
• authors
• johnson
• english -- 18th century -- biography
• critics -- great britain -- biography
• subject lexicographers -- great britain -- biography
• 1709-1784
• language and literatures: english literature

Opening tracks: first 24 of 67

1. 01 - Section 1 — 43:24
2. 02 - Section 2 — 44:51
3. 03 - Section 3 — 34:46
4. 04 - Section 4 — 34:03
5. 05 - Section 5 — 44:50
6. 06 - Section 6 — 40:45
7. 07 - Section 7 — 44:05
8. 08 - Section 8 — 45:28
9. 09 - Section 9 — 42:37
10. 10 - Section 10 — 31:19
11. 11 - Section 11 — 35:20
12. 12 - Section 12 — 47:51
13. 13 - Section 13 — 29:21
14. 14 - Section 14 — 32:19
15. 15 - Section 15 — 27:32
16. 16 - Section 16 — 24:31
17. 17 - Section 17 — 24:56
18. 18 - Section 18 — 30:50
19. 19 - Section 19 — 28:49
20. 20 - Section 20 — 29:00
21. 21 - Section 21 — 38:51
22. 22 - Section 22 — 23:53
23. 23 - Section 23 — 32:45
24. 24 - Section 24 — 28:13

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