Honestly, if you’re looking for a portrait of everyday life, you can’t do much better than the Diary of Samuel Pepys. There are several modern editions of it like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812970713/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0812970713&linkCode=as2&tag=thewesttrad-20&linkId=K456TVVRAR6J4AXP
Be careful with the free editions that aren’t abridged or annotated. Pepys used a sort of shorthand that can be confusing.
