Writing Challenge #4

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1933

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69.</h2><p id="51d0">Eyestrain, due to writing by candlelight, forced Samuel to stop writing his diary. (pp 132, 212)</p><h2 id="0afb">Connect With Samuel’s Diary Today!</h2><p id="3f64">In this short article, the writer cannot give justice to the scope of the diary. However, readers may connect with daily readings and join online discussions <a href="https://www.pepysdiary.com/">here</a>.</p><h2 id="2f54">How Does Samuel Achieve Literary Greatness?</h2><p id="797d">Samuel recorded events precisely, in shorthand for secrecy, as they occurred. The reader steps into London life in all its diversity. His writings reveal him as a person of integrity and frankness. Samuel’s interest in those he mixed with every day, from the gentry to his wife, household maids, neighbours and family, bring characters to life. This is the pulse of writing: conveying the heartbeat of individuals to paper. Great writers establish an emotional connection with times and events. Do yourself a favour, and have a ‘peep’ into Samuel’s diary.</p><p id="001d"><i>Robert Latham: “They speak, as no other relics can, of the man himself”. (p 11)</i></p><div id="a3a5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/exploring-literature-and-writers-3-60d669da1e2d"> <div> <div> <h2>Exploring Literature And Writers#3</h2> <div><h3>Eugenie Fraser (1905–2002)</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*2yNmY_AtA__sts5U)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="f392" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/exploring-literature-and-writers-2-882c6db5e95a"> <div> <div> <h2>Exploring Literature and Writers #2</h2>

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    </div><h2 id="c700">Pages Referenced to The Following:</h2><ol><li>Latham, Robert &amp; Matthews, William Editors The Illustrated Pepys From the Diary. A New and Complete Transcription of the Diary of Samuel Pepys, Bell &amp; Hyman Limited 1978.</li></ol><h2 id="41c6">Further Reading:</h2><ol><li><a href="https://www.pepysdiary.com/">Samuel Pepys: Diary, Letters, Family Tree, Maps …www.pepysdiary.com</a></li></ol><p id="a26e"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pepys-Navy-Ships-Warfare-1649-89/dp/1473879280">2. Pepys’ Navy: Ships, Men and Warfare 1649–89: Amazon.co</a>m<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pepys-Navy-Ships-Warfare-1649-89/dp/1473879280">www.amazon.co.uk › Pepys-Navy-Ships-Warfare-1649–89</a> <b>Pepys</b> s <b>Navy</b>: Ships, Men and Warfare 1649–89 by J D Davies (ISBN: 9781473879287)</p><p id="3c18"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/pepys_samuel.shtml">3. History — Samuel Pepys — BBC www.bbc.co.uk › history › historic_figures › pepys_sa..</a></p><p id="0a4a"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/pepys_samuel.shtml">4. History — Samuel Pepys — BBC www.bbc.co.uk › history › historic_figures › pepys_sa…</a></p><p id="b01a"><i>Writer’s Note: This is my 4th piece for Illumination, in the Writing Challenge. </i>My choice of theme is: what makes literature great? The answer: A fascination with the lives of writers, their worlds and the influences that inspired them. Tagging <a href="undefined">Michelle Scorziello</a>, <a href="undefined">Jane Lynch</a></p></article></body>

The 1600s, London: A Dramatic Setting For Life Events.

Samuel Pepys had an illustrious career as an administrator in the British Royal Navy. However, it is his diary which propelled him to fame. You may view it, in six leather-bound volumes, at Magdalene College, Cambridge. (1)

The Illustrated Pepys From The Diary. p 171

The Illustrated Pepys From the Diary. p 16.

“The plague has come…” (p 95)

24th November, 1665: he wrote that after work, he bought two barrels of oysters at the old oyster shop in Gracious Street from “my fine woman of the shop, who is alive after all the plague.” (1)

There are musical Evenings (p 103), visits to the theatre (p134), the coffee house (p 16), and taverns, numerous references to Elizabeth, his wife; the King; family and friends; and conversations with neighbours, financiers and parliamentarians.

How Does Samuel Achieve Literary Greatness?

Samuel recorded events precisely, in shorthand for secrecy, as they occurred. The reader steps into London life in all its diversity. His writings reveal him as a person of integrity and frankness. Samuel’s interest in those he mixed with every day, from the gentry to his wife, household maids, neighbours and family, bring characters to life. This is the pulse of writing: conveying the heartbeat of individuals to paper. Great writers establish an emotional connection with times and events. Do yourself a favour, and have a ‘peep’ into Samuel’s diary.

Robert Latham: “They speak, as no other relics can, of the man himself”. (p 11)

Have a Peep into Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703

The 1600s, London: A Dramatic Setting For Life Events.

“The plague has come…” (p 95)

The Great Fire. 2 - 6 September 1666.

May 1669.

Connect With Samuel’s Diary Today!

How Does Samuel Achieve Literary Greatness?

Exploring Literature And Writers#3

Eugenie Fraser (1905–2002)

Exploring Literature and Writers #2

“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.” Pablo Neruda. Nobel Prize for Literature, 1971.

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