Record Number: 11624

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In the afternoon upon the Quarter-deck, the Doctor told Mr North and me an admirable story called "The Fruitlesse Precaution": an exceeding pretty story and worth my getting without book when I can get the book.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

12 May 1660

Country:

Between England and France

Time

afternoon: 'afternoon'

Place:

other location: On quarter deck of ship, at sea between England and Holland

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

passive in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Doctor

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Between England and France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Samuel Pepys and Mr North

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Paul Scarron

Title:

The Fruitless Precaution

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

English translation

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11624

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:

135

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 1, p. 135, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11624, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Unsure if this is account of Doctor reading aloud to Pepys and North, or whether he is just telling the tale from memory of earlier reading?