A Journal of the Plague Year (Penguin Classics)
| Title: | A Journal of the Plague Year (Penguin Classics) |
| Author: | Daniel Defoe
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| Year First Published: | 2003 |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Synopsis: | 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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