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Record Number: 15026


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'But I will find time to get it read to me - and I did get my wife to begin a little tonight in the garden, but not so much as I could make any judgement on it.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

7 May 1669

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: at home
other location: in the garden

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


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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Silas Taylor

Title:

The Serenade, or Disappointment

Genre:

Drama

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

15026

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:

547

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 8, p. 547, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=15026, accessed: 09 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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