Evidence: | 'So home and read to my wife a Fable or two in Ogleby's "Aesop"; and so to supper and then to prayers and to bed' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 24 May 1663 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening: before supper | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London specific address: Seething Lane location in dwelling: at home |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 23 Feb 1633 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Admiralty, 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, workmates) |
wife, Elizabeth Pepys |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Aesop |
Title: | Aesop's Fables |
Genre: | Classics, Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | Ogleby edn |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 11971 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
Vol: | 4 | |
Page: | 154 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 4, p. 154, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11971, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
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