Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Prologue 1
5. 1. Johnson before Boswell: The Years of Struggle 11
6. 2. Johnson before Boswell: Fame at Last 36
7. 3. Boswell before Johnson: Setting Out for the Wide World 49
8. 4. Boswell before Johnson: The Search for Self 73
9. 5. The Fateful Meeting 90
10. 6. Boswell Abroad 105
11. 7. The Club Is Born 123
12. 8. Sir Joshua Reynolds 138
13. 9. Edmund Burke 154
14. 10. David Garrick 173
15. 11. The Spirit of Mirth 193
16. 12. A New Life at Streatham 205
17. 13. Boswell in Scotland-and Stratford 230
18. 14. Among the Farthest Hebrides 249
19. 15. The Widening River 272
20. 16. Empire 294
21. 17. Adam Smith 314
22. 18. Edward Gibbon 323
23. 19. Infidels and Believers 337
24. 20. Johnson Nearing the End 350
25. 21. Boswell on the Downhill Slope 370
26. Epilogue 389
27. Appendix: Members of the Club in Its First Twenty Years 401
28. Short Titles 403
29. Notes 407
30. Illustration Credits 445
31. Index 451