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A Journal of the Plague Year

Paperback • 1722 • English

A Journal of the Plague Year

By Daniel Defoe

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About the book

In 1665 the plague swept through London, claiming over 97,000 lives. Daniel Defoe was just five at the time of the plague, but he later called on his own memories, as well as his writing experience, to create this vivid chronicle of the epidemic and its victims. A Journal (1722) follows Defoe's fictional narrator as he traces the devastating progress of the plague through the streets of London. Here we see a city transformed: some of its streets suspiciously empty, some—with crosses on their doo...Show more

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ISBN

9780140437850

Published year

1722

Language

English

Original title

A Journal of the Plague Year

Format

Paperback

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