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General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766--1769: 1766-1767 v. 1: Volume 1: 1766--1767 (The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell)
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Description for General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766--1769: 1766-1767 v. 1: Volume 1: 1766--1767 (The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell)
Hardcover. This is the first of two volumes containing Boswell's correspondence with more than 200 people, including Pitt, Rousseau, Paoli, John Wilkes, Sir Alexander Dick, Baretti and numerous women friends. Editor(s): Cole, Richard Cargill; Baker, Peter S.; McClennan, Rachel; Caudle, James C. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; BGA; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 595.
This is the first of two volumes containing Boswell's correspondence with more than 200 people, including Pitt, Rousseau, Paoli, John Wilkes, Sir Alexander Dick, Baretti and numerous women friends. The letters date from a three year period between 1766, when Boswell returned from his Grand Tour, to 1769, and his marriage to his cousin Margaret Montgomerie. They show Boswell in the happiest days of his life as the law student became a practising advocate, the literary hopeful a best-selling author, the pursuer of rich heiresses a family man, and the dreamer a landowner as the Laird of Dalblair. The letters ... Read more
This is the first of two volumes containing Boswell's correspondence with more than 200 people, including Pitt, Rousseau, Paoli, John Wilkes, Sir Alexander Dick, Baretti and numerous women friends. The letters date from a three year period between 1766, when Boswell returned from his Grand Tour, to 1769, and his marriage to his cousin Margaret Montgomerie. They show Boswell in the happiest days of his life as the law student became a practising advocate, the literary hopeful a best-selling author, the pursuer of rich heiresses a family man, and the dreamer a landowner as the Laird of Dalblair. The letters ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Series
The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748604036
SKU
V9780748604036
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Reviews for General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766--1769: 1766-1767 v. 1: Volume 1: 1766--1767 (The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell)
These letters are the stuff of real life and you are left with a feeling of immersion in the 18th century. These letters are the stuff of real life and you are left with a feeling of immersion in the 18th century.