The well-groomed Samuel Pepys died on 26 May 1703. He was seventy.
Samuel Pepys, 1666.
QUOTE: “But me thought is lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.”
KNOWN FOR: His incredibly diary.
A KEEPSAKE:
Samuel Pepys’ Diary at Lady Frans Library. $19.00
He actually lived a long time for the era. Read an excerpt from his diary (The Great Fire of London?) this past winter. It was darn interesting!
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Yes, he did. His diary is incredibly interesting. He wrote about The Great Fire, you are correct!
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I forget where I heard about the guy, but I believe he wrote the first published diary. Pretty incredible he lived that long! Great quote btw.
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He kept the diary between 1660-1669, although it wasn’t published until 1825. It was written is shorthand, too. It is a wonderful read if you ever get the chance.
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If I see a copy I’ll definitely grab it. If that’s your copy in the picture it looks like a nice one.
I wasn’t clear but I meant he wrote the first diary to be published (in terms of date written).
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Oh, I know what you meant! I was just contributing knowledge of the dates. He was actually one of the first known people to keep a diary in the modern sense of the word, in the fact that it was kept for personal and not business reasons. Definitely read it if you can; it is priceless.
Unfortunately, that is not my copy in the pic. The link takes you to the Etsy store selling this particular volume.
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If you have a long distance drive in your future look for the recordings of Kenneth Branagh reading Pepys diaries – I think you might LOVE it 😉
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I don’t think I do, but now I wish I did! 🙂 Thank you for telling me about this fascinating combination.
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