Record Number: 11618

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the morning up early and wrote another [character], my wife lying in bed and reading to me'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

28 Jan 1660

Country:

England

Time

morning: early

Place:

city: London
specific address: Axe Yard, King's Street, Westminster
location in dwelling: home, while lying in bed

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

23 Oct 1640

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

wife of Naval officer

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

husband, Samuel Pepys

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11618

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

1

Page:

31

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 1, p. 31, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11618, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None