Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763
by James Boswell
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Author: James BoswellEditor: Frederick A. Pottle
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-05-10
ISBN: 0300093012
Number of pages: 412
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Book Review: Boswell and his two johnsons
Summary: 5 Stars
Scotsman of high ideals and weak moral fibre spends several months in London crashing dinner parties, schmoozing aristocrats and chowing down on free food. On his way to and from these shindigs, he nails hookers and gets the clap. (Quote of the book: "She is in all probability a most consummate dissembling whore.") Resolves to change his ways. Doesn't. Writes lots of nasty things about various fifteen-minuters of his day and also meets a few bona fide intellectual lights like Johnson. This book is a salacious page-turner, beautifully written by a young man with an indiscriminate penis but a keen eye for character. Highly recommended for teenage boys with summer reading lists; it offers enough smut to be interesting, while you get credit for reading a classic.
Summary of Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763
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.Authors Books
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