Record Number: 11808
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'and my wife and I to read Ovids "Metamorphoses", which I brought her home from Pauls churchyard tonight (having called for it by the way) and so to bed'
Century:1600-1699
Date:22 Dec 1662
Country:England
Timeevening: before bed
Place:city: London
specific address: Seething Lane
location in dwelling: at home
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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 wife, Elizabeth Pepys
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Metamorphoses
Genre:Classics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsprobably English translation by George Sandys, 1640
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11808
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:3
Page:289
Additional Comments:
co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 3, p. 289, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11808, accessed: 20 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None