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In this edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, Marshall Waingrow offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. He charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition.

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Waingrow has conclusively added his name to Boswell's finest editors and has set a standard by which future ones will be measured. -- John L Abbott, University of Connecticut Bruce Redford has done a masterful job editing, with the help of Elizabeth Goldring, the second volume (1766-76) of Boswell's Life of Johnson. Waingrow has conclusively added his name to Boswell's finest editors and has set a standard by which future ones will be measured. Bruce Redford has done a masterful job editing, with the help of Elizabeth Goldring, the second volume (1766-76) of Boswell's Life of Johnson.

James Boswells Life of Johnson

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 04/02/1999
      ISBN13: 9780748606061, 978-0748606061
      ISBN10: 0748606068
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      Book Synopsis
      In this edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, Marshall Waingrow offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. He charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition.

      Trade Review
      Waingrow has conclusively added his name to Boswell's finest editors and has set a standard by which future ones will be measured. -- John L Abbott, University of Connecticut Bruce Redford has done a masterful job editing, with the help of Elizabeth Goldring, the second volume (1766-76) of Boswell's Life of Johnson. Waingrow has conclusively added his name to Boswell's finest editors and has set a standard by which future ones will be measured. Bruce Redford has done a masterful job editing, with the help of Elizabeth Goldring, the second volume (1766-76) of Boswell's Life of Johnson.

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