It looks like you're offline.
Donate
English (en) Change Website Language
Open Library logo
additional options menu
Last edited by MARC Bot
September 30, 2020 | History
Edit

James Boswell

Photo of James Boswell

Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795)

Born 1740
Died 1795

379 works Add another?

Showing all works by author. Would you like to see only ebooks?

  • Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolatory correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great-Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

    Cover of edition lifeofsamueljoh01bosw Cover of edition lifeofjohnson01bosw Cover of edition lifeofjohnsoninc00boswrich Cover of edition lifeofjohnsonedi03bosw Cover of edition lifeofsamueljohn00boswuoft Cover of edition boswellsjohnson01bosw Cover of edition boswellslifeofjo01boswiala Cover of edition lifeofjohnsonedi01bosw Cover of edition lifeofsamuelbosw02bosw First published in 1776 — 239 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

    Cover of edition journalatourtoh00minegoog Cover of edition journalatourtoh01boswgoog Cover of edition journalatourtoh00johngoog Cover of edition journaloftourtoh0000bosw First published in 1785 — 34 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Everybody's Boswell: being The life of Samuel Johnson abridged from James Boswell's complete text

    Cover of edition everybodysboswel00bosw Cover of edition everybodysboswll0000unse First published in 1798 — 34 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: London journal, 1762-1763

    Cover of edition boswellslondonjo0000bosw_q0v2 Cover of edition boswellslondonjo0000bosw_q4e0 First published in 1950 — 22 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: including a journal of a tour to the Hebrides

    First published in 1819 — 20 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Boswell's journal of a tour to the Hebrides ...

    Cover of edition boswellsjournalo00bosw Cover of edition journaloftourtoh01bosw Cover of edition journaloftourtoh00bosw Cover of edition journaloftourtoh01bosw Cover of edition journaloftourtoh00bosw First published in 1785 — 14 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764: including the correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zélide)

    Cover of edition boswellinholland00bosw First published in 1952 — 11 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson

    First published in 1784 — 10 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order ; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons ; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published ; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

    First published in 1791 — 10 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Boswell on the grand tour: Germany and Switzerland, 1764

    First published in 1953 — 10 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Boswell in search of a wife, 1766-1769

    First published in 1956 — 9 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Boswell in extremes, 1776-1778.

    First published in 1970 — 9 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Life of Johnson: together with Boswell's journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales

    Cover of edition lifeofjohnsontog0005bosw Cover of edition lifeofjohnson0001bosw Cover of edition lifeofjohnsontog0002bosw Cover of edition lifeofjohnsontog0004bosw Cover of edition lifeofjohnson00002bosw Cover of edition lifeofjohnsontog0001bosw Cover of edition lifeofjohnsontog0003bosw First published in 1934 — 8 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D., comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published: the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished

    Cover of edition lifeofsamuelj04bosw Cover of edition lifeofsamue02bosw Cover of edition lifeofsamuelj01bosw Cover of edition lifeofsamueljohn03bo Cover of edition lifeofsamuelj01bosw Cover of edition lifeofsamueljohn03boswuoft Cover of edition lifeofsamueljohn02bo First published in 1807 — 8 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., including A journal of a tour to the Hebrides.: A new ed., with numerous additions and notes

    Cover of edition lifeofsamueljo01bosw Cover of edition lifeofsamueljo04boswuoft Cover of edition lifeofsamueljo03boswuoft Cover of edition lifeofsamuelj02bosw First published in 1831 — 7 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: An account of Corsica: The journal of a tour to that island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli.

    Cover of edition accountofcorsica00boswiala First published in 1768 — 7 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: A shorter Boswell

    First published in 1925 — 7 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Life of Johnson: together with Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales

    Cover of edition lifeofjohnsontog0001bosw_q2k6 Cover of edition lifeofjohnsontog0006bosw_c4d5 Cover of edition lifeofjohnsontog0003bosw_k0q3 Cover of edition lifeofjohnsontog0005bosw_o0f1 Cover of edition lifeofjohnsontog0004bosw_v5p9 First published in 1934 — 7 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

    Cover of edition boswellsjournalo01bosw First published in 1898 — 7 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Letters of James Boswell

    First published in 1924 — 7 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
Photo of James Boswell

Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795)

Born 1740
Died 1795

Subjects

Description and travel, Biography, Scottish Authors, English Authors, Early works to 1800, Travel, Correspondence, Biographers, Diaries, Authors, Scottish, Boswell, james, 1740-1795, Social life and customs, Intellectual life, Authors, biography, Authors, scottish, Homes and haunts, Authors, English, Authors, correspondence, Court and courtiers, Critics, English literature, History, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Johnson, samuel, 1709-1784, Lexicographers

Places

Scotland, Hebrides (Scotland), Great Britain, Corsica (France), England, France, Hebrides, Italy, London, London (England), Netherlands, Corsica, Germany, Switzerland, Araby, Araby bazaar, Auchinleck, Edinburgh, Edinburgh (Scotland), North Richmond Street, North Wales, America, Auchinleck (Scotland), Carthage, Denmark

People

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), James Boswell (1740-1795), Pasquale Paoli (1725-1807), Isabelle de Charrière (1740-1805), Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Voltaire (1694-1778), William Johnston Temple (1739-1796), Archibald Douglas Douglas of Douglas Baron (1748-1827), David Mallet (1705?-1765), Douglas family, George III King of Great Britain (1738-1820), Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821), Johnson, samuel (1709-1784), Mangan's sister, Porzia Sansedoni, William Johnson Temple (1739-1796), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), A Boy, A Sexton, Abram, Adam Fergusson Sir (1733-1813), Alfred Doolittle, Alonso, Andrew Gibb (1767-1839), Antonio

Time

18th century, 1912, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Lists

Add to List

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

ID Numbers

Links outside Open Library

Alternative names

  • James, Boswell
  • james Boswell

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 17, 2011 Edited by George merge authors
June 18, 2010 Edited by Edward Betts tidy
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import