Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Man of Fetters

Adam Gopnik on Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale:

"The historian who sets out to write a new biography of Samuel Johnson is in more or less the same position as someone who sets out to write a day-by-day account of the life of Samuel Pepys."

(You can betcher bare-all BoSwell!)

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