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A Journal of the Plague Year Paperback - 2003
by Daniel Defoe; Introduction by Cynthia Wall; Notes by Cynthia Wall
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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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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- Title A Journal of the Plague Year
- Author Daniel Defoe; Introduction by Cynthia Wall; Notes by Cynthia Wall
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 2003-08-26
- ISBN 9780140437850 / 0140437851
- Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.86 x 5.16 x 0.86 in (19.96 x 13.11 x 2.18 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1420
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- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Plague
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003276684
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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"Within the texture of Defoe's prose, London becomes a living and suffering being." (Peter Ackroyd)
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