This September marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Johnson, and the tricentenary has seen the publication of another small shelf of biographies of this essential yet enigmatic figure in English literature. DON’T OPEN ANY OF THEM until you have read W. Jackson Bate’s 1975 life, one of most satisfying, absorbing, and inspiring biographies ever written.
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