Record Number: 14219

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thence by water to Redriffe, reading a new French book my Lord Brouncker did give me today, "L'histoire amoureuse des Gaules", being a pretty Libell against the amours of the French court.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

1 May 1666

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: London
other location: in a water taxi on the Thames

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, 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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy

Title:

L'histoire amoureuse des Gaules

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1665 or 1666

Provenance

borrowed (private library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14219

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

7

Page:

114

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1972), 7, p. 114, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14219, accessed: 06 June 2023

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Additional Comments:

None