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Bainbridge, Beryl

first published 2001 Little, Brown, 2001 242 pages

"The literary world of Georgian London and the more private arena of its most celebrated man of letters, Samuel Johnson, come to life in this tale of unrequited love and compelling passion. Although melancholia and the gout have jaded the middle-aged Dr. Johnson's palate for society, the eminent, if increasingly irascible lexicographer nonetheless accepts an introduction to the excellent table of the wealthy Southwar...

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According to Queeney edition · 2002 · Thorndike Press · 300 pages
According to Queeney paperback · 2002 · Carroll & Graf · 224 pages · 9780786709823
According to Queeney edition · 2001 · Carroll & Graf Publishers · 216 pages
According to Queeney edition · 2001 · Little, Brown · 242 pages
Segundo Queeney. edition · 2001 · Publicacoes Europa-America · 224 pages

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