Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763 Mass Market Paperback – 1 Jan. 1966

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 and 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 and back endpapers, providing period locations from Hyde Park to Whitechapel (1761).Edition: 1950 (reprinted 1951)Publisher: HeinemannASIN: B0000CHSWHSynopsis: 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 and exhilarating account of the momentous nine months he spent exploring the high and 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 and coffee houses they frequented, and the men and women Boswell befriended, such as the poet James MacPherson and the actor David Garrick.Book DescriptionIn 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.From the Back Cover"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.Praise for the earlier edition: "The journal is admirably edited and annotated." --W. H. Auden, New Yorker[text prepared by Jegs11 for BookHound25, 2008]