Record Number: 12035

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'And so I home to dinner, and thence abroad to Pauls churchyard and there looked upon the second part of "Hudibras", which I buy not but borrow to read, to see if it be as good as the first, which the world cries so mightily up; though it hath not a good liking in me, though I had tried by twice or three times reading to bring myself to think it witty.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

28 Nov 1663

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: after dinner

Place:

city: London
specific address: St Paul's Churchyard
other location: book seller

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 1663

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:

Samuel Butler

Title:

Hudibras

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Part two, November 1663

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12035

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

4

Page:

400

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 4, p. 400, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12035, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Looked over the book before borrowing it, later he buys it (10 December 1663)