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Bishop, Jacqueline.
Bishop, Jacqueline.
This is the story of literary Georgian London, and in particular, the private life of Samuel Johnson. It details his unrequited love for Mrs. Thrale, and his relations with David Garrick, Oliver Goldsmith, Fanney Burney, Joshua Reynolds and others-- all told in uncompromising detail by Mrs. Thrale's clever young daughter, Queenie.