The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Pepys, Samuel

ISBN 10: 0812970713 / ISBN 13: 9780812970715

Edité par Random House Publishing Group, 2003

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Synopsis :

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.”

À propos de l?auteur: 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.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Éditeur : Random House Publishing Group
Date d'édition : 2003
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Good