Record Number: 11729
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'...which makes me remember my father Osborne's rule for a gentleman, to spare in all things rather than in that.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:Between 1 Jan 1658 and 19 Oct 1661
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:23 Feb 1633
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Admirality, Clerk of the Acts
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Advice to a son
Genre:Conduct books
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1658
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11729
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:2
Page:199
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 2, p. 199, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11729, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Quote indicates book read by this time, and listed by editor as one of Pepys's favourite books