It's easy to be intimidated when you first see a copy of Boswell's "Life of Johnson". Mine has 1400 pages, on a par with Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables", and I am not finished with it...
It is a massive biography, abounding with details. I mean, who would not be fascinated to read that a young woman, Elizabeth Blaney, died of unrequited love for his father, Michael Johnson? He offered to marry her when he found out, but it was too late, "her vital power was exhausted; and she actually exhibited one of the very rare instances of dying for love"
This is a book to take with you on transcontinental flights, where the alternative is to stare for ten hours at a small screen in front of you.
I saw the Bible Quilt in the Smithsonian. What a remarkable piece of art it is. I appreciate it even more because my grandmother, who was a talented quilter, tried to teach me that skill. I got a solid F.
It's easy to be intimidated when you first see a copy of Boswell's "Life of Johnson". Mine has 1400 pages, on a par with Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables", and I am not finished with it...
It is a massive biography, abounding with details. I mean, who would not be fascinated to read that a young woman, Elizabeth Blaney, died of unrequited love for his father, Michael Johnson? He offered to marry her when he found out, but it was too late, "her vital power was exhausted; and she actually exhibited one of the very rare instances of dying for love"
This is a book to take with you on transcontinental flights, where the alternative is to stare for ten hours at a small screen in front of you.
I saw the Bible Quilt in the Smithsonian. What a remarkable piece of art it is. I appreciate it even more because my grandmother, who was a talented quilter, tried to teach me that skill. I got a solid F.