Samuel Pepys [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… Pepys’s diary suggests he had allies, but no very close friends during the 1660s. Later in life, however, his surviving correspondence shows he cultivated a group of friends who provided him with joy and unwavering support - ranging from … to the constraints of Pepys’s socializing in his final years, but also to its delights. 6 . Particular Friends: The Correspondence of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn, ed. Guy de la Bédoyère (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1997), p. 295. Share …
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