Published for the first time in 1950, this "lost" classic sets forth the events of nine momentous months in the life of the 22-year-old James Boswell, later to become the biographer of Samuel Johnson. It is an account of Boswell's personal struggle for independence from his family, and for self-preservation. But the Journal projects intimate confession and shrewd self-analysis against the vivid panorama of eighteenth-century London: the high life and the low, Parliament, a public execution, conversations with Garrick and Sheridan.

Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763

History

James, Boswell

Europe

McGraw=Hill

The last years in the life of the great eighteenth-century biographer are chronicled, including his struggle after his wife's death to raise five children alone, his feelings of failure about his work, and his joys in his later years

Boswell: The Great Biographer, 1789-1795 (Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell)

Biographies & Memoirs

Boswell in Extremes, 1776-1778

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a biography to which we owe much of our knowledge of the man himself. Through a series of richly detailed anecdotes, Johnson emerges as a sociable figure, vigorously engaging and fencing with great contemporaries such as Garrick, Goldsmith, Burney and Burke, and of course with Boswell himself. Yet anxieties and obsessions also darkened Johnson's private hours, and Boswell's attentiveness to every facet of Johnson's character makes this biography as moving as it is entertaining. In this entirely new and unabridged edition, David Womersley's introduction examines the motives behind Boswell's work, and the differences between the two men that drew them to each other. It also contains chronologies of Boswell and Johnson, appendices and comprehensive indexes, including biographical details. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Life of Samuel Johnson (Penguin Classics)

Arts & Literature

Penguin Classics

In Boswells The Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the most gigantic figures of English literature is exposed with unparalleled immediacy and originality. This biography also details Johnson's prolific years in London where he gained popularity as a writer.

The Life of Samuel Johnson

Life of Johnson (Oxford Standard Authors)

Oxford University Press

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Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson (Oxford Paperbacks)

Samuel, Johnson

A scholarly edition of works by Samuel Johnson. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

The Life Of Samuel Johnson

General Books LLC

Excerpt from The Scots Magazine, 1791, Vol. 53Method ofpreferving Borraa 15. New Danes. Memoirs of Serjeant Donald Weed 16. Travels in aty, &c. An.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Scots Magazine, 1791, Vol. 53 (Classic Reprint)

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