Richard Le Gallienne’s elegant abridgment of the Diarycaptures the essential writings of Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), aremarkable man who witnessed the coronation of Charles II, theGreat Plague of 1665, and the Great Fire of 1666. Originallyscribbled in a cryptic shorthand, Pepys’s quotidian journal of lifein Restoration London provides an astonishingly frank and divertingaccount of political intrigues; naval, church, and culturalaffairs; and the sexual escapades and domestic strife of a man witha voracious, childlike appetite for living. “As a human documentthe Diary is literally unique,” notes Le Gallienne. “It willhave a still greater value for its historical importance.”
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Richard Le Gallienne (1867–1947) was one ofBritain’s leading literary critics. His abridgment of The Diaryof Samuel Pepys is considered a triumph of editing.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) is one of the mostwidely read and admired novelists of the nineteenth century.
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