Record Number: 15015

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thence home; and after dinner, by water with Tom down to Greenwich, he reading to me all the way, coming and going, my collections out of the Duke of York's old manuscript of the Navy, which I have bound up and doth please me mightily.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

29 Mar 1669

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: after dinner

Place:

city: London
other location: in a boat on the Thames to and from Greenwich

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:

Tom Edwards

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Servant

Occupation:

servant to Samuel Pepys

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Samuel Pepys

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Title:

[work on naval history]

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15015

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

8

Page:

501

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 8, p. 501, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15015, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None