A Journal of the Plague Year - Paperback
by Daniel Defoe
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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel Defoe, Jason GoodwinSeries:Modern Library ClassicsTheme:Chronological Period/17th Century, Chronological Period/Medieval (500-1453) Studies, Cultural Region/BritishPublish date:11/13/2001Pages:272
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375757891ISBN-10:0375757899UPC:9780375757891Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science Fiction, Fantasy, ClassicsSize:8.10 x 5.16 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.227Product ID:SC7T0DBPEW
Defoe's account of the bubonic plague that swept London in 1665 remains as vivid as it is harrowing. Based on Defoe's own childhood memories and prodigious research, A Journal of the Plague Year walks the line between fiction, history, and reportage. In meticulous and unsentimental detail it renders the daily life of a city under siege; the often gruesome medical precautions and practices of the time; the mass panics of a frightened citizenry; and the solitary travails of Defoe's narrator, a man who decides to remain in the city through it all, chronicling the course of events with an unwavering eye. Defoe's Journal remains perhaps the greatest account of a natural disaster ever written. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the original edition published in 1722.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Random House Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780375757891ISBN-10:0375757899UPC:9780375757891Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Science Fiction, Fantasy, ClassicsSize:8.10 x 5.16 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.227Product ID:SC7T0DBPEW
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