Record Number: 15025

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'and then to her, and she read to me the "Epistle of Cassandra", which is very good endeed, and the better to her because recommended by Sheres. So to supper, and I to bed.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

5 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

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

La Calpren?de

Title:

Cassandra

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1642

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

15025

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:

545

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 8, p. 545, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15025, accessed: 14 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None