Project Gutenberg 2009-08-05 Public domain in the USA. 153 Leask, W. Keith (William Keith) 1857 1925 Leask, William Keith James Boswell Famous Scots Series, 10 Reading ease score: 61.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "James Boswell" by W. Keith Leask is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book explores the life of James Boswell, famous for his biography of Samuel Johnson, delving into his early days, relationships, and formative experiences that shaped his character. Boswell's life is intricately tied with the prominent figures of his era, particularly his friendship with Johnson, offering readers insight into 18th-century Scottish and English society. The opening of this biography introduces James Boswell's ancestry, highlighting his familial connections and the influence of his lineage on his identity. It discusses his early life in Edinburgh, detailing his educational journey and formative relationships, particularly with figures such as his father and his mentors. The reader is drawn into Boswell's world through anecdotes that reveal his character — a mix of ambition, sociability, and the whimsicality of youth, setting the stage for his later encounters with towering literary personalities, notably Samuel Johnson, whose own towering legacy would envelop Boswell for years to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Boswell, James, 1740-1795 Authors, Scottish -- 18th century -- Biography Biographers -- Great Britain -- Biography PR Text Famous Scots Series Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature 322394 322401 2024-10-12T16:26:54.898994 2023-09-13T07:12:35.860309 text/html text/html 322083 2009-08-05T09:27:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 202365 2009-08-05T09:27:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 219985 2024-10-12T16:26:59.671457 application/epub+zip 223090 2024-10-12T16:26:55.679020 application/epub+zip 181754 2024-10-12T16:26:55.288025 application/epub+zip 318349 2024-10-12T16:27:02.958497 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298236 2024-10-12T16:26:59.216492 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257383 2022-09-13T16:15:49.040844 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294848 294763 2024-10-12T16:26:54.420018 2023-09-13T07:12:35.442295 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 294775 2009-08-05T09:27:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 119602 2009-08-05T09:27:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 294773 2009-08-05T09:27:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 119535 2009-08-05T09:27:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22255 2024-10-12T16:27:03.098436 application/rdf+xml 12956 2024-10-12T16:26:55.363980 image/jpeg 1988 2024-10-12T16:26:55.326023 image/jpeg 203268 2024-10-12T16:26:54.933991 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia