A Journal of the Plague Year - Paperback
by Daniel Defoe
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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel Defoe, Cynthia Wall (Introduction by), Cynthia Wall (Notes by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2003-08-26Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140437850ISBN-10:140437851UPC:9780140437850Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Fantasy, Science Fiction, HistoricalSize:7.86 x 5.16 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCSSHHWYPH
A Journal of the Plague Year
'The most reliable and comprehensive account of the Great Plague that we possess' Anthony Burgess
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'...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140437850ISBN-10:140437851UPC:9780140437850Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Fantasy, Science Fiction, HistoricalSize:7.86 x 5.16 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.56Product ID:SCSSHHWYPH
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) had a variety of careers including merchant, soldier, secret agent, and political pamphleteer. He wrote economic texts, history, biography, crime, and, most famously, fiction, including Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders and Roxana.
Cynthia Wall is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Virginia.
Cynthia Wall is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Virginia.
Publisher: Penguin Group
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