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Record Number: 11799


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My wife and I spent a good deal of this evening in reading Du' Bartas's "Imposture" and other parts, which my wife of late have taken up to read, and is very fine as anything I meet with.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

2 Nov 1662

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

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

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Oct 1640

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

wife of 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

Read with husband, Samuel Pepys, but unsure if he was a listener


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Guillaume de Salluste du Bartas

Title:

Divine weekes and workes

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1641, translated by Joshua Sylvester

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

11799

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

3

Page:

247

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 3, p. 247, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11799, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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