Emily Pepys

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Emily Pepys was a 19th-century English girl known for the candid and insightful diary she kept in childhood, which offers a vivid glimpse into Victorian upper-class life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English writer
child diarist
diarist
associatedWith Anglican religious milieu
Victorian upper-class culture
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
diaryAudience private diary not intended for publication
diaryPerspective first-person narrative
diaryWrittenIn Victorian England NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork life writing
personal narrative
floruit 19th century
genre autobiographical writing
children’s diary
diary
hasQuality candid
introspective
observant
witty
historicalSignificance example of a 19th-century girl’s diary
primary source on Victorian upper-class domestic life
languageOfWorkOrName English
laterPublicationStatus diary published posthumously
notability candid childhood diary depicting Victorian upper-class life
notableWork Diary of Emily Pepys NERFINISHED
occupation diarist
primaryMedium manuscript diary
sexOrGender female
socialClass upper class
sourceType ego-document
timePeriod Victorian era NERFINISHED
workDescribedTopic Victorian childhood
Victorian social customs
class distinctions
daily life in a Victorian rectory
domestic servants
education of upper-class girls
family life
leisure activities in Victorian England
moral and religious self-examination
religion in Victorian England
workReception used in studies of Victorian social history
valued by historians of childhood
writingStyle humorous
lively
self-critical
spontaneous

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Pepys notableBearer Emily Pepys