Record Number: 15023

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'So home and to supper; and my wife to read, and Tom, my "Nipotisme", and then to bed.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

2 May 1669

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: at home

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:

Elizabeth Pepys

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

Samuel Pepys, her husband, and Tom Edwards, his servant

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Gregorio Leti

Title:

Il nipotismo di Roma: or The history of the Popes nephews from the time of Sixtus the IV to the death of the last Pope Alexander the VII. In two parts. Written originally in Italian, in the year 1667 and Englished by W.A.

Genre:

Other religious, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1669, translated by W. Aglionby

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15023

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:

542

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 8, p. 542, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15023, accessed: 12 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None