diary kept genre known table talk work began diary focused experience family slowly changed focus emphasise anecdotes stories life work basis remained unpublished anecdotes contained work popular contemporaries seen vulgar 20th century readers work popular literary critics believe work valuable contribution genre providing information johnson life background spent youth writing letters keeping journals talents writing won respect sir sir later appointed heir older close johnson natural detailed collection anecdotes stories time experienced initially gave birth child problems johnson defenders life criticism gradual death husband problems heightened marriage johnson death felt isolated believed johnson previous friends public accept went far claim abandoned johnson final moments particular resented felt literary competitor began exploit falling johnson friends order promote life birth began document moments daughter life baby book called children book work eventually expanded include documentation family retitled family book encourage wife writing husband gave blank diary books title cover work intended admits fascination grown mad french searching english models writing settled table talk remains anecdotes guides given johnson manuscript years written exact model kept sets anecdotes devoted miscellaneous events relied memory write early portions work trying find information work wrote told sure day book kept heir family johnson collect try assist writing johnson life intend johnson death create anecdotes late samuel johnson manuscript passed hands owned death autumn eventually published produced england editor prohibited travelling ocean world war explains book diary keeping strict sense writes years doctor advised little book write little anecdotes come knowledge observations hear verses likely published fine thing struck time treated provided title fill nonsense new old encouraging remarks johnson set theme work new collection particular transferred previous notes johnson life collection september letter johnson told dates chronology know eye history system allowed group items theme instead topics like odd medical stories organize anecdotes quotations stories died writing volume work diary discuss thoughts feelings loss volume soon began describe feelings examines view reveals perceived especially true writes life perpetual carried parts world friends certainly found enemies initially want write sixth volume johnson said pleasure day nonsense finish volume store stuff stop journal writing finished continued write remainder life critical response anecdotes popular published works readers initially thought relaxed natural style vulgar points style helped win 20th century readers work suffered regards work english declared valuable evidence great man stated work anecdotes late established reputation writer late eighteenth century claim letters lays bare woman psychology
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