The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Pepys, Samuel
ISBN 10: 0812970713 ISBN 13: 9780812970715
Editore: Modern Library, 2003
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Richard Le Gallienne’s elegant abridgment of the Diary captures the essential writings of Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), a remarkable man who witnessed the coronation of Charles II, the Great Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666. Originally scribbled in a cryptic shorthand, Pepys’s quotidian journal of life in Restoration London provides an astonishingly frank and diverting account of political intrigues; naval, church, and cultural affairs; and the sexual escapades and domestic strife of a man with a voracious, childlike appetite for living. “As a human document the Diary is literally unique,” notes Le Gallienne. “It will have a still greater value for its historical importance.”
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Richard Le Gallienne (1867–1947) was one of Britain’s leading literary critics. His abridgment of The Diary of Samuel Pepys is considered a triumph of editing.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) is one of the most widely read and admired novelists of the nineteenth century.
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Titolo: The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Casa editrice: Modern Library
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Paperback
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