The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age

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By Leo Damrosch *68

Published March 14, 2019

The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age (Yale University Press) is a history of the titular Club and its colorful members. The literary discussion and social club claimed as members many important British thinkers, including (Samuel) Johnson and (James) Boswell, Edmund Burke, Oliver Goldsmith, and Adam Smith.

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