Record Number: 11637

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'And so home, where I fell to read "The fruitlesse precaution" (a book formerly recommended by Dr Clerke at sea to me), which I read in bed till I had made an end of it and do find it the best-writ tale that ever I read in my life.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

15 Oct 1660

Country:

England

Time

evening
night

Place:

city: London
specific address: Seething Lane
location in dwelling: at home, 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:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1633

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Admiralty

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Paul Scarron

Title:

The Fruitlesse Precaution

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

read in English translation

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11637

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:

266

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 1, p. 266, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11637, accessed: 23 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None