The Diary of John Evelyn (Summarized Edition)
Enriched edition. A 17th‑Century Diarist's Chronicle of Stuart England—Politics, Society, and CultureBy John Evelyn
Length7h 9m
About this audiobook
Spanning the Civil War, Commonwealth, and Restoration, The Diary of John Evelyn records court ritual, scientific experiment, horticultural practice, and urban disaster in polished, morally inflected prose. He chronicles the Great Plague and the Fire of London, Royal Society demonstrations, and travels in France and Italy that shaped his connoisseurship, offering set-piece descriptions and measured judgments rather than frank confession. Situated in Restoration prose and the culture of the virtuoso, it converses with continental travel writing and English civic humanism. A royalist gentleman (1620–1706), founding Fellow of the Royal Society, and author of Sylva and Fumifugium, Evelyn moved between study and service from Sayes Court. Exile-era travels, work on naval and urban commissions, and friendships with Boyle, Wren, and Hooke supplied motive and matter: to record a life ordered by piety, polite learning, and public improvement, and to preserve models of civility amid volatility. Recommended to historians of early modern England, the history of science, art, and garden studies—and to general readers seeking a judicious witness to catastrophe and reconstruction—this diary offers a reforming vision, granular in detail yet urbane in tone, of how experiment, taste, and governance intertwined.
Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length7 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 3, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Synopsis
4Historical Context
5The Diary of John Evelyn (pt. 1)
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6The Diary of John Evelyn (pt. 2)
7The Diary of John Evelyn (pt. 3)
8Analysis
9Reflection
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