The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II (version 2)
James Boswell
Read by Barbara Baker
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This is the second of four volumes of a what was a new, intimate, type of biography when it was first published in 1791 and which has been annotated by numerous editors . This edition with footnotes is by George Birbeck Hill. Boswell took many notes of Johnson's conversations during the time when he knew one of England's most influential men of letters and he also gives us frequent glimpses of other famous personalities who were part of Johnson's circle in eighteenth century London. - Summary by barbara2 (5 hr 11 min)
Chapters
Section 1 | 28:23 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 2 | 20:19 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 3 | 24:59 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 4 | 21:23 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 5 | 22:45 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 6 | 38:08 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 7 | 36:03 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 8 | 19:16 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 9 | 31:36 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 10 | 34:52 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 11 | 24:37 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 12 | 35:37 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 13 | 26:08 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 14 | 18:07 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 15 | 22:42 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 16 | 21:25 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 17 | 24:49 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 18 | 24:02 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 19 | 21:50 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 20 | 33:54 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 21 | 21:02 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 22 | 26:35 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 23 | 28:38 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 24 | 26:41 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 25 | 37:27 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 26 | 24:32 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 27 | 23:59 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 28 | 21:53 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 29 | 27:26 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 30 | 30:59 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 31 | 29:23 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 32 | 20:20 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 33 | 27:59 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 34 | 26:47 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 35 | 24:53 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 36 | 30:13 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 37 | 26:06 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 38 | 31:00 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 39 | 30:27 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 40 | 16:32 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 41 | 31:35 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 42 | 28:21 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 43 | 20:25 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 44 | 36:14 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 45 | 23:08 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 46 | 26:51 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 47 | 33:06 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 48 | 27:51 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 49 | 18:03 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 50 | 38:20 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 51 | 28:33 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 52 | 22:55 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 53 | 26:23 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 54 | 38:28 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 55 | 19:45 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 56 | 24:15 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 57 | 20:51 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 58 | 28:15 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 59 | 20:03 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 60 | 23:18 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 61 | 23:23 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 62 | 30:45 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 63 | 30:10 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 64 | 23:49 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 65 | 25:01 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Section 66 | 17:59 | Read by Barbara Baker |
Reviews
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A LibriVox Listener
I listen to it mornings walking my dog in the park when things are quiet and calm. I become hypnotized by the steady pace of the male reader with his slow, concise sonorous voice. It is beautiful. Unfortunately, the woman who narrates book III and book IV has a sharp voice with a distinct jarring accent which I find nerve racking. Thus, I have given up these latter books. I would like to hear a rereading so that I can follow the aging Samuel Johnson as related by his protege Tom Boswell