Record Number: 11792

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'...and so took boat again and got to London before them. All the way, coming and going, reading in "The Wallflower" with great pleasure.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

30 May 1662

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: London
other location: boat

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 1633

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:

Thomas Bayly

Title:

Herba Parietis or The wall-flower, as it grew out of the stone chamber belonging to Newgate, being a history which is partly true, partly romantick, morally devine, whereby a marriage between reality and fancy is solemnized by divinity

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1650

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11792

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

3

Page:

96

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 3, p. 96, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11792, accessed: 16 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

None