The diary of Samuel Pepys: A new and complete transcription; - Hardcover

Latham, Robert And William Matthews.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713515511 ISBN 13: 9780713515510

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1970

Synopsis

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1668 edition. Excerpt: ...she was in mighty pain all night long, yet, God forgive me 1 I did find that I was most desirous to take my rest than to ease her, but there was nothing I could do to do her any good with. the morning making a catalogue of my books, which did Up, and to my chamber, where all find me work, but with great pleasure, my chamber and books being now set in very good order, and my chamber washed and cleaned, which it had not been in some months before, my business and trouble having been so much. At noon Mr. Holliard put in, and dined with my wife and me, who was a little better to-day. His company very good. His story of his love and fortune, which hath been very good and very bad in the world, well worth hearing. Much discourse also about the bad state of the Church, and how the Clergy are come to be men of no worth in the world; and, as the world do now generally discourse, they must be reformed; and I believe the Hierarchy will in a little time be shaken, whether they will or no; the King being offended with them, and set upon it, as I hear. He gone, after dinner to have my head combed, and then to my chamber and read most of the evening till pretty late, when, my wife not being well, I did lie below stairs in our great chamber, where I slept well. 17th. Up, and to the office, where all the morning till noon getting some things more ready against the afternoon for the Committee of Accounts, which did give me great trouble, to see how I am forced to dance after them in one place, and to answer Committees of Parliament in another. At noon thence toward the Committee, but meeting with Sir W. Warren in Fleet Street he and I to the Ordinary by Temple Bar and there dined together, and to talk, where he do seem to be very high now in defiance of the Board,...

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Reader KENNETH BRANAGH has directed and acted in films including "Love s Labour s Lost, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing", and "Henry V". He founded the Renaissance Theatre Company and has also starred in award-winning productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Review

'The Latham-Matthews transcription of Pepys' Diary is one of the glories of contemporary English publishing.' The Times 'The pleasure of Pepys -- of reading him -- is his own pleasure in experience! Pepys' Diary is the cheerful self-report, not of the man eminent in naval history, not of the historical witness, but of the unobjectionable hedonist.' Guardian 'Here, in one of the finest feats in all the long history of scholarship, is Pepys' Diary, once and for all. Exegi monumentum aere perennius.' Observer 'The editors have achieved the impossible! one can now read the Diary perfectly easily, month by month, year by year! here at last is a really learned edition where the learning is put at the disposal of the layman.' New Statesman 'It isn't often that one encounters a publication -- especially of this magnitude -- which achieves complete perfection, but there is no doubt that this does.' Sir Arthur Bryant

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1970
• ISBN 10: 0713515511
• ISBN 13: 9780713515510
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 349