Samuel Johnson
Список книг автора Samuel JohnsonHabeşistan Prensi Rasselas’ın Öyküsü
Habeşistan Kralı’nın oğlu Rasselas, taht sırası kendisine gelinceye dek Mutlu Vadi’de yaşayacaktır. Her şeyin eğlence üzerine kurulduğu bu vadiden çok sıkılan Rasselas, kız kardeşi, kız kardeşinin nedimesi ve yakın dostu Imlac’la birlikte vadiden kaçar. Planları dünyayı görmek ve gerçek mutluluğu bulmaktır. Yeni insanlarla tanışıp mutluluğun sırrını öğrenmeye çalıştıkça hayatın düşündükleri gibi olmadığını fark ederler. Aslında bir sözlükbilimci olan Samuel Johnson’ın annesinin cenaze masraflarını ödeyebilmek için çok kısa sürede kaleme aldığı bu roman, İngiliz edebiyatının en önemli örneklerinden biri olarak kabul edilmektedir.
Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century
"Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century" by Samuel Johnson, William Beckford, Horace Walpole. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Thoughts on Falkland's Islands
"Thoughts on Falkland's Islands" by Samuel Johnson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two Rambler papers (1750)
"The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two Rambler papers (1750)" by Samuel Johnson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley
"Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley" by Samuel Johnson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
Historically recognized as the man who wrote the dictionary, Dr. Johnson amplified his literary fame with the 1759 publication of «Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia». This novel was wildly popular upon its release, despite the fact that Johnson completed the work in the evenings of a single week, donning it his «little story book.» The story is of a royal brother and sister who have been kept in a luxurious, fertile valley, where their every desire is quickly fulfilled, and where they are closed off from the problems and suffering of the outside world. However, dissatisfied with their state of affairs, the two escape from the valley with a wise philosopher, and embark on a long journey through the worlds of rich men and lowly peasants, great intellectuals and merchants, monks and ruthless warriors. For centuries, readers have enjoyed this moving story of romantic love, imagination, science, and the eternal search for true happiness.
The Major Works of Samuel Johnson
As a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer, Samuel Johnson's contributions to English literature cannot be understated. His single greatest achievement is widely considered to be his «Dictionary of the English Language,» which after nine years of research was first published in 1755. Until the publication of the «Oxford English Dictionary» over a century and a half later it was widely considered to be the preeminent dictionary of the English language. The work brought him much fame and success and had a profound impact on modern English literature. Johnson's contributions to the periodicals «The Rambler» and «The Idler» are considered to be some of the greatest examples of literary criticism of all time. This collection includes some of the best examples of his essays from those periodicals as well as a representative selection of his poetry, prose as well as his famous allegorical novel «The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.» Readers of this volume will most assuredly agree that Johnson was a writer of immense talent whose genius is exhibited by the sheer breadth of his body of work.
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
Historically recognized as the man who wrote the dictionary, Dr. Johnson amplified his literary fame with the 1759 publication of “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia”. This novel was wildly popular upon its release, despite the fact that Johnson completed the work in the evenings of a single week, donning it his “little story book”. The story is of a royal brother and sister who have been kept in a luxurious, fertile valley, where their every desire is quickly fulfilled, and where they are closed off from the problems and suffering of the outside world. However, dissatisfied with their state of affairs, the two escape from the valley with a wise philosopher, and embark on a long journey through the worlds of rich men and lowly peasants, great intellectuals and merchants, monks and ruthless warriors. For centuries, readers have enjoyed this moving story of romantic love, imagination, science, and the eternal search for true happiness. This edition includes a biographical afterword.
Johnson's Dictionary
Written virtually single-handedly over a seven-year period by a revered dean of English letters, Johnson’s Dictionary first appeared in 1755. A remarkable monument to the vigor and variety of our language and to the genius of its author, it served as the standard dictionary for more than 150 years and formed the basis for all subsequent English dictionaries. This modern version reduces the original 2,300 pages of definitions and literary examples to a more manageable length, retaining the verbal pleasure and historical curiosity of the original. It features many entries that can no longer be found in most modern dictionaries, with intriguing definitions and examples of usage in the literature of Johnson’s time.