Daily Life in Johnson's London

by Schwartz, Richard B.
ISBN: 9780299094942
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"Rich in facts and anecdotes, this is the perfect introduction to 18th-century London and a wonderful companion for readers of Johnson and Boswell. . . . Schwartz starts with the sights, sound, and smells of the metropolis--a city of steeples, chimneys, coal smoke, and intolerable street noise--and surveys in succession Work and Money, Pastimes and Pleasures, Daily Routines and Domestic Life, Travel and Transportation, and Health and Hygiene and concludes with a gallery of street 'Londoners, ' an independent and assertive lot, notably insolent to foreigners, especially those in French clothes."--Washington Post Book World

"Outstanding. . . . The author packs a remarkable quantity of detail into a small space, even including a discussion of price and wage figures that will be intelligible to Americans [today]. . . . His prose is lucid, graceful, lively. Generously illustrated, the book also includes an extensive bibliography."--Choice

"An excellent source for English Literature and history students studying this period or Samuel Johnson."--Booklist

  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Schwartz, Richard B.
  • ISBN: 9780299094942
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.16 x 0.52
  • Number Of Pages: 216
  • Publication Year: 1983