Record Number: 14851

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'and then my wife and I to my chamber, where through the badness of my eyes she was forced to read to me, which she doth very well; and was Mr Boyle's discourse upon the Style of the Scripture, which is a very fine piece.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

15 Sep 1667

Country:

England

Time

evening: before bed

Place:

city: London
location in dwelling: at home, in bedroom

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

passive in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Elizabeth Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

23 Oct 1640

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

wife of Clerk of the Acts, Admiralty

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

her husband, Samuel Pepys

Additional Comments:

wife of Samuel Pepys

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Boyle

Title:

Some considerations touching the style of the Holy Scriptures

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1663 edition (first published 1661)

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14851

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

8

Page:

438

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 8, p. 438, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14851, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None