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In 1665, the Great Plague swept through London, claiming nearly 100,000 lives. In A Journal of the Plague Year, Defoe vividly chronicles the progress of the epidemic. We follow his fictional narrator through a city transformed-the streets and alleyways deserted, the houses of death with crosses daubed on their doors, the dead-carts on their way to the pits-and encounter the horrified citizens of the city, as fear, isolation, and hysteria take hold. The shocking immediacy of Defoe's description of plague-racked London makes this one of the most convincing accounts of the Great Plague ever written.
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A Journal of the Plague Year, Daniel Defoe
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- 2020
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Daniel Defoe
- Publisher
- Arcturus Publishing Ltd
- Released
- 2020
- ISBN10
- 1839400765
- ISBN13
- 9781839400766
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, True Stories, Historical Fiction, England, Literary Fiction, English Literature, Narrative Journalism, 17th century, Plague, Epidemic, Year 1665
- First published
- 1722
- Original title
- A Journal of the Plague Year
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- In 1665, the Great Plague swept through London, claiming nearly 100,000 lives. In A Journal of the Plague Year, Defoe vividly chronicles the progress of the epidemic. We follow his fictional narrator through a city transformed-the streets and alleyways deserted, the houses of death with crosses daubed on their doors, the dead-carts on their way to the pits-and encounter the horrified citizens of the city, as fear, isolation, and hysteria take hold. The shocking immediacy of Defoe's description of plague-racked London makes this one of the most convincing accounts of the Great Plague ever written.