The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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…
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Weitere Autoren: Le Gallienne, Richard / Stevenson, Robert Louis
- ISBN: 978-0-8129-7071-5
- EAN: 9780812970715
- Produktnummer: 9355669
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.4 cm x D2.0 cm 304 g
- Gewicht: 304
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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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