A Journey to the Western Islands Scotland

A Journey to the Western Islands Scotland

"I mentioned our design to Voltaire," wrote Boswell. "He looked at me as if I had talked of going to the North Pole â€¦"

As it turned out, Johnson enjoyed their Scottish journey (although the land was not quite so wild and barbaric as perhaps he had hoped), and Boswell delighted in it. The year was 1773, they were sixty-three and thirty-two years old, and had been friends for ten years.Â Their journals, published together here, perfectly complement each other. Johnson's majestic prose and hawk eye for curious detail take in everything from the stone arrowheads found in the Hebrides, to the 'medicinal' waters of Loch Ness and "the mischiefs of emigration." Meanwhile, it is very lucky that as Johnson was observing Scotland, Boswell was observing Johnson. His record is perceptive, highly entertaining and full of sardonic wit; for him, as for us, it is an appetizer for The Life of Johnson.

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Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Classics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780140432213
ReleaseDate 1984-09-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780140432213

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Classics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780140432213
ReleaseDate	1984-09-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780140432213

A Journey to the Western Islands Scotland

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