SAMUEL JOHNSON: THE STRUGGLE

Jeffrey Meyers tells the extraordinary story of Samuel Johnson, one of the most illustrious figures of English literary tradition.

Johnson was famous as a poet, novelist, biographer, essayist critic, editor, lexicographer, conversationalist and larger-than-life personality.

After nine years of work, Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1755.

He overcame great adversity to achieve success.

Samuel Johnson: The Struggle is a masterful portrait of a brilliant and tormented figure.

Jeffrey Meyers is an inexhaustible, eclectic writer and one of the foremost literary biographers of our time.