The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II (version 2)


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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(0.5 stars)

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