{"product_id":"2026770000569-secondhand-the-heart-of-boswell-highlights-from-the-journals-of-james-boswell","title":"The Heart Of Boswell: Highlights From The Journals Of James Boswell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterfully curated anthology, The Heart of Boswell: Highlights from the Journals of James Boswell presents the most vivid and revealing passages from the celebrated diaries of one of the eighteenth century's most candid and compulsively readable writers. Edited by Mark Harris, the collection chronicles Boswell's remarkable life across decades — from his youthful adventures on the European continent and his famous encounters with Voltaire and Rousseau, to his complex friendship with Samuel Johnson and his turbulent inner struggles with ambition, melancholy, and desire. Harris distills the sprawling journals into an accessible and richly entertaining volume, allowing readers to encounter Boswell's voice in all its unguarded honesty, wit, and self-deprecating charm. The result is an intimate portrait of a man perpetually at war with himself, whose confessional prose reads with the urgency of a novel and the authenticity of lived experience. This is essential reading for anyone drawn to biography, literary history, or the enduring human comedy of self-examination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48826079084763,"sku":"2026770000569-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/a46462b7-c419-4c66-8476-dae7fdabf3ff.png?v=1780312209","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770000569-secondhand-the-heart-of-boswell-highlights-from-the-journals-of-james-boswell","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}