Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763
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James Boswell; Edited by Frederick A. Pottle
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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 journal is] more perceptive and uninhibited and magically alive than one could have hoped. . . . Boswell transforms the most trifling occurrences into adventures, and imparts to the reader his own surpassing lust for experience and his keen sense of the fascination of life."—Austin Wright, Virginia Quarterly Review
"The journal is admirably edited and annotated by Frederick A. Pottle."—W. H. Auden, New Yorker
“Boswell was 22 when he left Edinburgh for London in 1762, and his vivid, lively journal of the next nine months, recording his intimate encounters with the literati and the low life of London, is a classic.”—Toronto Globe and Mail
Publication Date: August 26, 1992