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steven_nobody's review against another edition
5.0
I only read the entries for the year of the plague, meaning all of 1665, and the entries about the fire in London in 1666 because I'm interested in how people face large catastrophes. Of course, I had to review a number of entries outside this plan to understand it better. His affair with Mrs Bagwell was one of those. OK, to be honest, the sex was my real motivation. I like to snicker. He calls his dick "a yard" but I'd have liked more details. Also, only 16 Dec 1665, did he mean to say he laid at the bottom of a boat and ejaculated with just the power of his mind? And when he beat off in a crowded church on Xmas Eve '67, how did no one notice? Was tht also just with his mind? I guess I need more details on winter clothing of the period to see how much room there is for fumbling about there is.
steven_nobody's review against another edition
5.0
Reading Pepys’ diary amazed me! I really liked how he thought every good play he watched was the best one he ever saw. I feel the same way about good books. This diary is the best thing I’ve ever read, at least until I find my next awesome book.
steven_nobody's review against another edition
5.0
My husband spent 25 years promoting Pepys diary as something to read, and I finally did it, it taking three months to do so. There was so much from this we got to talk over, and everyday as well. I listened to the audiobook, read along at times, and referred to the notes in the complete Latham and Matthews edition. Pepys blew my mind, and one thing I like about him is how every good play he sees is the best play ever he saw in all his life. That is how I feel about good books, and it is completely how I feel about this project, which when all is done is the best thing that ever I read in my life. Or, it will be so until I finish the next great book.
avrilhj's review against another edition
5.0
Samuel Pepys sexually assaulted every woman he could - and wrote about his attempts in his diary, though he did put them into a code of French, Spanish and Italian words. When his wife caught him fondling one of their servants and sent her away, Pepys wrote that he wished he could take ‘her maidenhead’ and in fact tried to arrange meetings with her, despite the fact that his wife refused to allow him to roam London alone and did her best to make sure he was always accompanied. He’s just dreadful, and yet after reading over 1000 pages of his diary I feel a great deal of affection for him. If he lived today I’d want him to be arrested and imprisoned, but I never wanted to put his diary down in disgust. I can’t explain it. Maybe it’s because reading the diary I have been forced to see the world through his eyes? At any rate, I’ve had so much fun reading it.
firerosearien's review against another edition
5.0
Lively, often humorous, wonderful depiction of Restoration London, which is extremely beneficial in an abridged version as it does begin to get fairly tedious after a while.
If you don't end up with some sympathy for his wife, well, then, you're not very human.
If you don't end up with some sympathy for his wife, well, then, you're not very human.
tronella's review against another edition
5.0
This took me a long time to finish, but was definitely worth the effort. Samuel is not always a good person, but his honesty about his own faults (and bad behaviour) kept me engrossed. Of course, his accounts of war, politics, the plague and the great fire were interesting too, but the details of his daily life (and dislike of most Shakespeare plays) were the highlight for me.
falon_towers's review against another edition
This is the funniest diary I have read. I'm not sure if it was meant to be funny, but some of Pepys' comments on happenings had me in stitches