Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Take a Break: Read Samuel Pepys Diary


As part of a talk I was preparing on Epidemics/Pandemics, I read quite a bit of Samuel Pepys’ Diary from the year 1665. It was fascinating. This website contains the diary and a lot more. 

In 1660 Samuel Pepys, an increasingly-important 26 year-old civil servant in London, began writing his diary. He stopped a decade later.

This site  contains the full text of his diary, along with several letters sent or received by Pepys, plus thousands of pages of further information about the people, places and things in his world.

The diary entries were published on this site daily, in real time, from January 2003 until May 2012, with readers discussing events each day. From January 2013 the diary entries will again appear on the front page at the end of the day (London time), starting with 1 January 1660.

Not interested in today’s activities, try the Take a Break Pinterest Board.

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