Record Number: 14762
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'and then to my boat again and home, reading and making an end of the book I lately bought, a merry Satyre called "The Visions", translated from Spanish by Le Strange; wherein there are many pretty things, but the translation is, as to the rendering it in English expression, the best that I ever saw, it being impossible almost to conceive that it should be a translation.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:9 Jun 1667
Country:England
Timeafternoon
daytime
city: London
other location: in a boat on the Thames
(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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The visions of Don Francisco de Quevedo
Genre:Fiction, satire
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:14762
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1974
Vol:8
Page:256
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1974), 8, p. 256, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14762, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None