Wits and Wives
Dr Johnson in the Company of Women
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2012
Summary
A fresh look at Dr Johnson and the lives and times of his circle of women.
Dr Johnson is often thought of as a strident, overbearing conversationalist, a man who famously asserted that ‘Women have all the liberty they should wish to have’. But in this revealing book Kate Chisholm argues it is time to consider how Johnson lived his life, not just what he said. She proposes that the heart of the man, the truth of his character, can more clearly be seen via his many - close, generous, eq…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845951863 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1845951867 |
| Author: | Kate Chisholm |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Pimlico |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2012 |
| Weight: | 445g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
Re-positions an archetypal “great man” - Samuel Johnson - in a fresh light: as the focus of a network of female friends, bound by affection and rivalry – Boyd Tonkin * Independent, Books of the Year *
Wonderfully entertaining…with complete grasp of the material, Kate Chisholm introduces us to eight women who were important in Johnson’s life – Norma Clarke * Literary Review *
Entertaining and enlightening * Daily Telegraph *
Fascinating… Kate Chisolm’s affectionate, elegant book does the man and the women [in Johnson’s life] a huge service * Mail on Sunday *
Excellent * Dailiy Mail *
Illuminating * Spectator *
Very good at showing us a new side of a man we might consider ourselves to be familiar with already. I’ve read quite a few books about Johnson and his times, and I can’t think of one that gives such a vivid picture of what it was like to be around him… Chisholm isn’t afraid to show Johnson as a weak and imperfect man – Nicholas Lezard * Guardian *
Chisholm presents the subject through the eyes of the women who knew him * The Lady *
About The Author
Kate Chisholm
Kate Chisholm is the radio critic of the Spectator and a former Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Surrey. She is the author of the highly acclaimed biography Fanny Burney- Her Life, and of Hungry Hell- what it’s really like to be anorexic.
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