The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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Publishing Details
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
By (Author) Samuel Pepys
Edited by Richard Le Gallienne
Introduction by Robert Louis Stevenson
Random House USA Inc
Modern Library Inc
1st December 2003
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Diaries, letters and journals
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
Biography: historical, political and military
942.066092
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 131mm, Height 202mm, Spine 19mm
291g
Description
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.
Reviews
One of our greatest historical records . . . a major work of English literature. Paul Johnson
Author Bio
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.
