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Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson
The ''Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson'' or the ''Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life'' by Hester Thrale, also known as Hester Lynch Piozzi, was first published 26 March 1786. It was based on the various notes and anecdotes of Samuel Johnson that Thrale kept in her ''Thraliana''.〔Bloom 1998 p. 75〕 Thrale wrote the work in Italy while she lived there for three years after marrying Gabriel Piozzi.
==Background==
Before Thrale began to write the ''Thraliana'', she kept two sets of anecdotes: the first was devoted to Samuel Johnson and the other for miscellaneous events.〔Balderston 1951 p. xii〕 She relied on these, along with her memory, to write the early portions of her work.〔
After Johnson's death, Thrale decided to publish a series of anecdotes of Johnson's life based on the various notes and anecdotes, called Johnsoniana by her friends, that she incorporated into her ''Thraliana''.〔Bloom 1998 p. 75〕 She was eager to start publishing her writings, and Johnson's death gave her the opportunity.〔Brownley 1985 p. 631〕 Thrale wrote the work in Italy while she lived there for three years after marrying Gabriel Piozzi.〔
The work was first published 26 March 1786.〔Hill p. 143〕 In 1815, Thrale claimed:
"At Rome we received letters saying the book was bought with such avidity, that Cadell hadnot one copy left when the King sent for it at ten o'clock at night, and he was forced to be one from a friend to supply his Majesty's impatience, who sate up all night reading it. I received (pound symbol)300, a sum unexampled in those days for so small a volume."〔Piozzi 1861 p. 305〕 The ''Gentleman's Magazine'' of March 1786 said "On the third morning after the book was published not a copy of it could be obtained".〔''Gentleman's Magazine'' March 1786, p. 244〕 The book went into four editions during 1786.〔
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