Daily Life in Johnson's London by Schwartz, Richard B.

ISBN: 0299094944

Author: Schwartz, Richard B.

Condition: new

"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