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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.[1] Thrale wrote the work in Italy while she lived there for three years after marrying Gabriel Piozzi.

  1. ^ Bloom 1998 p. 75

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