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If you haven't looked into it; it's fascinating. An upper middle class person writes a day by day diary for ten years or so. He includes everything, what he eat

If you haven't looked into it; it's fascinating. An upper middle class person writes a day by day diary for ten years or so. He includes everything, what he eats, what he earns, not to mention his sex life including his many infidelities. It's long read though. Full text is here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4200 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4200 But! If you wait until january first 2023, you can participate in a joint day by day reading here: https://www.pepysdiary.com/about/ https://www.pepysdiary.com/about/

hodgesrm 4y ago
Plus he knew pretty much everyone at court from King Charles II down. You feel as if you also know them all personally after reading Pepys for a while.
- fmajid 4y ago
  And he freely used blackmail to extort sex from the wives of political dissidents.
  - hodgesrm 4y ago
    I'm not sure which incident you are referring to, but Pepys was not a great human being in many ways. The fact that he revealed himself so deeply makes the diaries quite remarkable.