The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys

it is very entertaining thus to be transported into the very heart of a time so long gone by and to be admitted into the domestic intimacy, as well as the public councils of a man of great activity and circulation in the reign of Charles II.' Edited and abridged by literary critic and author Richard Le Gallienne, this edition features an Introduction by Robert Louis Stevenson. In 1825, when Pepys's memoirs were first published, Francis Jeffrey of The Edinburgh Review declared, 'We can scarcely say that we wish it a page shorter. Originally written in a cryptic shorthand, Pepys's diary provides an astonishingly frank and diverting account of political intrigues and naval, church, and cultural affairs, as well as a quotidian journal of daily life in London during the Restoration. A witness to the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666, Pepys chronicled the events of his day. a major work of English literature, writes the renowned historian Paul Johnson. is one of our greatest historical records and. OL193958W Page_number_confidence 94.88 Pages 474 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210428122615 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 469 Scandate 20210420200333 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Tts_version 4.Synopsis: The diary which Samuel Pepys kept from January 1660 to May 1669. Later in life, he had his diary bound in six. Pepys (pronounced peeps) kept the journal over a period of 10 years between the ages of 26 and 36, writing the text in shorthand.

Urn:lcp:diaryofsamuelpep0000pepy_d0b5:epub:abbf8706-ceb0-4fbd-8eb9-f0f1701638da Foldoutcount 0 Identifier diaryofsamuelpep0000pepy_d0b5 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t81m0482q Invoice 1652 Isbn 0004990277ĩ780004990279 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9926 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-2000023 Openlibrary_edition The Diary of Samuel Pepys, a record of daily life kept by an English government official in the 1660s, is one of the most famous diaries in English literature. Great talk among people how some of the Fanatiques do say that the end of the world is at hand, and that next Tuesday is to be the day.

Quantity: 1 Add to Basket Condition: Good. (William Arthur), 1915- Boxid IA40097311 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier The Diary Of Samuel Pepys, Vol I-III 1659-1663 Henry B Wheatley (ed.) Published by G.Bell and Sons Ltd, 1949 Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom Seller Rating: Contact seller Used Condition: Good US 3.66 Convert currency US 8.69 Shipping From United Kingdom to U.S.A. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:00:56 Associated-names Latham, Robert, 1912-1995 Matthews, William, 1905-1975 Armstrong, William A.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys