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Record Number: 11785


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My cold being increased, I stayed home all day, pleasing myself with my dining-room, now graced with pictures, and reading of Dr Fullers "Worthys".'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

23 Feb 1662

Country:

England

Time

daytime: all day

Place:

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

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:

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Fuller

Title:

History of the worthies of England

Genre:

History, Heraldry, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1662

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

11785

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:

34

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 3, p. 34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11785, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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