Samuel Johnson

(Author)

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland: With the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides; Introduction by Allan Massie [With Ribbon Marker]Hardcover, 26 March 2002

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland: With the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides; Introduction by Allan Massie [With Ribbon Marker]
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Part of Series
Everyman's Library Classics
Part of Series
Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics
Print Length
528 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Date Published
26 Mar 2002
ISBN-10
0375414185
ISBN-13
9780375414183

Description

When in 1773 James Boswell persuaded the great Samuel Johnson--then aged sixty-three--to embark with him on a tour of Boswell's native Scotland, the adventure resulted in two magnificent books, Johnson's JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND and Boswell's JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES. Later published in one volume, the very different travelogues of this unlikely duo provide a fascinating picture not only of the Scottish Highlands at a turning point in its history, but also of the relationship between two men whose fame would be forever entwined.

Johnson offers a magisterial account of a remote and rugged land and of its people, whose traditional way of life, in the wake of the failed Jacobite uprising, was tragically under threat. Boswell focuses instead on the psychological landscape of his famously gruff and witty companion, throwing further light on the friend and mentor whom he later immortalized in the masterly biography that would make his name. Read together, the two accounts form a unique classic of travel writing, a brilliant portrait of two temperamentally different and very talented men exploring a feudal world on the brink of vanishing.

Product Details

Authors:
Samuel JohnsonJames Boswell
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
DE
Date Published:
26 March 2002
Dimensions:
21.08 x 14.61 x 3.28 cm
Genre:
British
ISBN-10:
0375414185
ISBN-13:
9780375414183
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
528
Weight:
562.45 gm

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