Record Number: 14907
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'And there I saw this new play my wife saw yesterday; and do not like it, it being very smutty, and nothing so good as "The Maiden Queen" or "The Indian Imperour", of his making, that I was troubled at it; and my wife tells me is wholly (which he confesses a little in the epilogue) taken out of the "Illustr. Bassa".'
Century:1600-1699
Date:Until: 20 Jun 1668
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Ibrahim, ou L'illustre Bassa
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1641
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:14907
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:9
Page:247
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 9, p. 247, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=14907, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None