Record Number: 11971
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'So home and read to my wife a Fable or two in Ogleby's "Aesop"; and so to supper and then to prayers and to bed'
Century:1600-1699
Date:24 May 1663
Country:England
Timeevening: before supper
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
wife, Elizabeth Pepys
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Aesop's Fables
Genre:Classics, Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsOgleby edn
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:11971
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:4
Page:154
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 4, p. 154, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11971, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None