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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

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Penguin Books Limited, Sep 1, 1984 - Travel - 429 pages
"I mentioned our design to Voltaire," wrote Boswell. "He looked at me as if I had talked of going to the North Pole ?"

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.

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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Review: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

User Review  - David Thrale - Goodreads

Published in 1775 this recounts the experiences of Johnson and companion Boswell on their tour of the Hebrides in Autumn 1773. It is easy to see - just from reading this book - why Johnson was so ... Read full review

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User Review  - umberto - Goodreads

I think reading these two journals is a bit different since the first one by Dr Johnson (117 pages) is focused on various cities/towns while the second by Boswell (349 pages) on successive dates along ... Read full review

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About the author (1984)

Samuel Johnson was born in 1709 and died in 1784--a long life, though one marred by depression and fear of death. Samuel Johnson's literary reputation rests on such a varied output that he defies easy description: poet, critic, lexicographer, travel writer, essayist, editor, and, with his good friend and fellow traveller James Boswell, a biographer. l

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TitleA Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Classics Series
Literature Autobiography
Penguin Classics
Penguin Classics: Literature
The Penguin English library
AuthorSamuel Johnson
EditorPeter Levy
Compiled byPeter Levy
ContributorsJames Boswell, Peter Levy
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherPenguin Books Limited, 1984
ISBN0140432213, 9780140432213
Length429 pages
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Literary Collections / Essays
Travel / Essays & Travelogues
Travel / Europe / Great Britain
  
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