Record Number: 11806

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'and so up and by the fireside we read a good part of the "Advice to a Daughter", which a simple Coxcombe hath wrote against Osborne; but in all my life I never did nor can expect to see so much nonsense in print.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

22 Dec 1662

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: lodgings of John Creed, by the fire

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

read with John Creed, unsure if aloud

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Heydon

Title:

Advice to a daughter in opposition to the advice to a sonne... by Eugenius Theodidactus

Genre:

Conduct books

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1658 or 1659

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11806

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:

288

Additional Comments:

co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 3, p. 288, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11806, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None