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Pepys' famous diary is marked by a certain frank earthiness, especially in relation to sex. Pepys lived through an astonishingly eventful period in English history, a time of plague, rebellion, restoration, and revolution. But what's interesting about the Diary is the way that Pepys intersperses his chronicling of the momentous events around him with the more mundane aspects of his daily life. Surrounded by death, disease, and political upheaval, Pepys adopts an attitude of "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die," throwing himself into a life of pleasure, especially in relation to the pleasures of the flesh. Pepys' diary is studded with references to the many casual sexual encounters he had with countless women.
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