Boswell's London Jnl 1762-1763 by James Boswell

Boswell's London Jnl 1762-1763 by James Boswell

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. Frank and confessional as a personal portrait of the young Boswell, the Journal is also revealing as a vivid portrayal of life in eighteenth-century London. This new edition includes an introduction by Peter Ackroyd, which discusses Boswell's life and achievement.

Boswell was the most charming companion in the world, and London becomes his dining-room and his playground, his club and his confessional. No celebrant of the London world can ignore his book.--Peter Ackroyd, from the introduction Boswell was the most charming companion in the world, and London becomes his dining-room and his playground, his club and his confessional. No celebrant of the London world can ignore his book.--Peter Ackroyd, from the Introduction Praise for the earlier edition: 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.--W. H. Auden, New Yorker The late Frederick Pottle, Sterling Professor of English Emeritus at Yale University, was editor, bibliographer, and biographer of James Boswell. Peter Ackroyd is the author of London The Biography, The Life of Thomas More, Albion The Origins of the English Imagination, and many other books.

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ISBN 13	9780300093018
ISBN 10	0300093012
Title	Boswell's London Jnl 1762-1763
Author	James Boswell
Series	Yale Editions Of The Private Papers Of James Boswell Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	2004-07-11
Number of pages	370
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