In 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 Cited by: This London Journal, then is the intimate record of the dual struggle—of son to assert his independence from father, of literary genius to save itself from extinction. To young Boswell, the latter battle appeared lost, but actually it was brilliantly won in the writing of this very journal. James Boswell, twenty-two year old Edinburgh gentleman, kept a daily diary of adventurous stay in London from to Unknown for years, the journal is a witty and detailed account of his adventures in the theaters, coffee-houses, and salons of Georgian London/5(23).
VG+/, stated first ed, , ed, intro, notes, Frederick A. Pottle, preface, Christopher Morley, Boswell's London Journal , part of the Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell, blue pressed boards with Vraye Foy black medallion on cover and sharp gilt lett on black cloth quarter spine, 16x24cm, rough-cut very white pp, index, epps map of London, 2 pp of original. London Journal, (Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell) Published December 1st by McGraw-Hill Companies Paperback, pages. From Boswell's London Journal, By James Boswell Edited by Jack Lynch. These selections from Boswell's London Journal cover the relationship between Boswell and the actress he identifies as "Louisa." I've cut extensively to be able to include the most important passages.
James Boswell, twenty-two year old Edinburgh gentleman, kept a daily diary of his adventurous stay in London from to Unknown for years, the journal is a witty and detailed account of his adventures in the theaters, coffee-houses, and salons of Georgian London. Boswell's London journal, now first published from the original manuscript prepared for the press, with an introduction and notes by Frederick A. Pottle. reprint of s first editio. James Boswell's London Journal is a published version of the daily journal he kept between the years 17while in London. Along with many more of his private papers, it was found in the s at Malahide Castle in Ireland, and was first published in , in an edition by Frederick A. Pottle.
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