Which of these excerpts from
Pepys’s The Fire of London
most clearly indicates that the
work is a first-person account?
(1 point)
“Extraordinary good
goods carried in carts…”
“We did put Mr. Hater,
poor man, to bed a little;
but he got very little
rest…”
“Everybody endeavoring
to remove their goods,
and flinging into the
river…”
“Poor Mitchell’s house, as
far as the Old Swan,
already burned that
way…”
1 answer
The excerpt "We did put Mr. Hater, poor man, to bed a little; but he got very little rest…" most clearly indicates that the work is a first-person account.