Midwinter · Character
Mr. James Boswell
A young Scottish biographer and companion to Johnson, whose curiosity and social ease make him a natural conduit between the great and the obscure.
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Also known as Mr. Boswell, Boswell
First appearance: i in which a highland gentleman misses his way
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Boswell is the kind of traveller who collects people — Johnson above all, but also the gentry, the curious, and the well-connected he meets on the road. His appetite for company and anecdote places him at the edge of…
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