The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1660-1669 ..Abridgment Edited by Isabel Ely Lord

I can’t help but think how boring this was. I loved bits about his home life and his interactions with his wife. That was interesting. The first hand insight to the Great London Fire and Great Plague as it ravaged London were eye opening and thought provoking. But, the other 50% of the text, based mostly on his day to day waking, going to work, and coming home was like everyone else’s life. Even his accounts of seeing friends was just that, plain one or two sentences that mentioned seeing someone. There is always something so boring about reading someone else’s mundane life. I have my own, I don’t need theirs as well. Although, having seen life in the mid-1600s gives us a picture to the everyday workings of an average person. Having read about Samuel in other literature, I thought I’d like a little more background, but I can’t say I’ll read it again.