| Title | : | The Journals of James Boswell: 1762-1795 |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.73 (419 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300060742 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 445 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 1994-10-26 |
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The Journals of James Boswell: 1762-1795
Editorial : From Library Journal In 1764, at the age of 24, Boswell sent an autobiographical sketch to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Boswell promised, "I shall not conceal my weaknesses and follies. I shall not even conceal my crimes." For more than 30 years, from 1762, when he set out for London to seek a commission in the Royal Foot Guards, to his death in 1795, Boswell recorded in his journals those weaknesses and follies, his "various sentiments and various conduct"; his account proved, as Boswell had promised, "not only useful but very agreeable." Yale owns the Boswell manuscripts--Wain's introduction briefly discusses their startling recovery early in this century--and it recently completed the publication of the trade edition of the journals in 13 volumes. From these Wain has created a handsome one-volume selection. Although Wain includes many of the most famous passages, such as Boswell's meeting with Samuel Johnson in the back room of Tom Davies's bookshop on May 16, 1763 and Boswell's final par
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