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Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 by James Boswell.
In: Salem Press Encyclopedia of Literature, 2023, S. 3
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James Boswell left his family at home near Edinburgh in the autumn of 1762 to spend the winter in London, where he hoped to obtain a commission in the Guards. He was convinced that the military life, which would allow him to live in the city he loved so much, would suit him far better than the legal profession chosen for him by his father, a noted Scottish jurist. He recorded the activities, the hopes, and the disappointments of this year in London in a diary, which he sent in regular installments to a young friend who remained in Scotland. This journal, which miraculously survived for two hundred years and came to light in the twentieth century, is a remarkably revealing document, for reticence was not one of Boswell’s characteristics. The frankness of his account of his activities brings him vividly to life.
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Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763 by James Boswell.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Rickards, Bill |
Zeitschrift: | Salem Press Encyclopedia of Literature, 2023, S. 3 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | Nachschlagewerk |
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