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SAMUEL JOHNSON STEPS FROM PAGES.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)
From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
Date: 20011018
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Byline: Joan Hinkemeyer
According to Queeney
By Beryl Bainbridge
Carroll & Graf, 224 pages, $22.
Beryl Bainbridge's literary prowess dazzles again in her latest tour de force. After successes with Master Georgie and The Birthday Boys, Bainbridge moves on to explore the personality and human foibles of another historical figure - Samuel Johnson, the great 18th century lexicographer.
According to Queeney delves into the man behind the letters, poems and famous dictionary. It encompasses the last 19 years of Johnson's life when, as a middle-aged man in poor ...
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