Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763
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James Boswell; Edited by Frederick A. Pottle
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In 1762 James Boswell, then twenty-two years old, left Edinburgh for London. The famous Journal he kept during the next nine months is an intimate account of his encounters with the high-life and the low-life in London. In it Boswell tells of his struggle for independence from his family; he talks of his developing friendship with Samuel Johnson; he describes taverns, playhouses, and coffee houses he frequented; and he relates conversations he had with figures such as the poet James MacPherson and the actor David Garrick. The Journal, frank and confessional as a personal portrait of the young Boswell, is also revealing as a vivid portrayal of life in eighteenth-century London.
Boswell's London Journal, with its useful introduction, scholarly notes, and extensive index, was first published in 1950 to high acclaim and has since become a classic in the field.
Boswell's London Journal, with its useful introduction, scholarly notes, and extensive index, was first published in 1950 to high acclaim and has since become a classic in the field.
The late Frederick Pottle was Sterling Professor of English Emeritus at Yale University. Throughout much of his life, he was editor, bibliographer, and biographer of James Boswell.
ISBN: 9780300057355
Publication Date: August 26, 1992
Publication Date: August 26, 1992
408 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Sales Restrictions: For sale in the U.S., its territories and dependencies, the rest of North America, Central America, South America, and the Philippine Islands only
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