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The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys

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From the first day of 1660 to May 1669, Samuel Pepys, a young official in the English Navy Office, kept a secret diary in shorthand. He records the great…

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Author
Samuel Pepys
Category
Psychology & Society
Language
English
Source
Project Gutenberg

About this book

From the first day of 1660 to May 1669, Samuel Pepys, a young official in the English Navy Office, kept a secret diary in shorthand. He records the great events of his time, the return of King Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of London in 1666, which he watched from a boat on the Thames, alongside every detail of his private life: his quarrels with his wife, his flirtations, his dinners, his music, his new clothes, and his worries about money and his failing eyes.

Context and significance

Pepys (1633–1703) rose to become one of the most important naval administrators in English history. His diary was deciphered and first published in 1825; this text, edited by Lord Braybrooke, is an early edition that leaves out its franker passages. It is one of the most vivid personal records ever written. Compare Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year.

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