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from the covers - By: BookHound25, 31 May 2008 
Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 (Yale editions of the private papers of James Boswell)
Now first published from the original manuscript, prepared for the press, with introductions & notes, by Frederick A. Pottle, (Sterling Professor of English, Yale University).
James Boswell, Frederick A. Pottle (Editor)
Format: Hardback, blue cloth, gilt lettering; 370 pages; excellent map of London, 58cm stretching across both front & back endpapers, providing period locations from Hyde Park to Whitechapel (1761).
Edition: 1950 (reprinted 1951)
Publisher: Heinemann
ASIN: B0000CHSWH
Synopsis: In 1762 the 22-year-old James Boswell left Edinburgh to conquer London. His journal, published for the first time only in 1950, is an intimate & exhilarating account of the momentous nine months he spent exploring the high & low life of 18th-century London. It describes Boswell's growing friendship with the great Dr Johnson (later to be immortalized in Boswell's "Life of Samuel Johnson"), the taverns, playhouses & coffee houses they frequented, & the men & women Boswell befriended, such as the poet James MacPherson & the actor David Garrick.
Book Description
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 & the low-life in London. Frank & 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 & achievement.
From the Back Cover
"Boswell was the most charming companion in the world, & London becomes his dining-room & his playground, his club & his confessional. No celebrant of the London world can ignore his book." --Peter Ackroyd.
Praise for the earlier edition: "The journal is admirably edited & annotated." --W. H. Auden, New Yorker
[text prepared by Jegs11 for BookHound25, 2008]
