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Record Number: 14869


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'and there to save my eyes, got my wife at home to read again, as last night, in the same book, till W. Batelier came and spent the evening talking to us'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

18 Nov 1667

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: at home

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

passive in company unknown
single serial unknown


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 Clerk of the Acts, Admiralty

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Samuel Pepys, her husband


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Fuller

Title:

The church-history of Britain

Genre:

Other religious, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

14869

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

8

Page:

537

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 8, p. 537, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14869, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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