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1、LifeofJohnson(VolumeI)byJamesBoswell圖書在版編目(CIP)數(shù)據(jù)LifeofJohnson(VolumeI)/楊丹主編飛天電子音像出版社2004ISBN7-900363-43-2監(jiān)王出版發(fā)行飛天電子音像出版社責任編輯楊丹經銷全國各地新華書店印刷北京施園印刷廠版次2004年6月第1版書號ISBN7-900363-43-2CONTENTSPreface..............................................................
2、......................................1Introduction.............................................................................................3PartOne................................................................................................26★Lif
3、eofJohnson★PrefaceInmakingthisabridgementofBoswell'sLifeofJohnsonIhaveomittedmostofBoswell'scriticisms,comments,andnotes,allofJohnson'sopinionsinlegalcases,mostoftheletters,andpartsoftheconversationdealingwithmatterswhichwereofgreaterimportanceinBoswell'
4、sdaythannow.Ihavekeptinmindanoldhabit,commonenough,Idaresay,amongitsdevotees,ofopeningthebookofrandom,andreadingwherevertheeyefallsuponapassageofespecialinterest.Allsuchpassages,Ihope,havebeenretained,andenoughofthewholebooktoillustrateallthephasesofJohn
5、son'smindandofhistimewhichBoswellobserved.LoyalJohnsoniansmaylookuponsuchabookwithameasureofscorn.Icouldnothavemadeit,hadInotbelievedthatitwouldbethemeansofdrawingnewreaderstoBoswell,andeventuallyoffindingfortheminthePage1★LifeofJohnson★completeworkwhatm
6、anyhavealreadyfounddaysandyearsofgrowingenlightenmentandhappycompanionship,andaninnocentrefugefromthecaresandperturbationsoflife.Princeton,June28,1917.Page2★LifeofJohnson★IntroductionPhillipsBrooksoncetoldtheboysatExeterthatinreadingbiographythreemenmeet
7、oneanotherincloseintimacythesubjectofthebiography,theauthor,andthereader.Ofthethreethemostinterestingis,ofcourse,themanaboutwhomthebookiswritten.Themostprivilegedisthereader,whoisthusallowedtolivefamiliarlywithaneminentman.Leastregardedofthethreeistheaut
8、hor.Itishisparttointroducetheothers,andtodevelopbetweenthemanacquaintance,perhapsafriendship,whilehe,thougheverbusyandsolicitous,withdrawsintothebackground.SomethinkthatBoswell,inhisLifeofJohnson,didnotsufficientlyrealizeh