A journal of the plague year by daniel defoe, being observations or memorialsof the most remarkable occurrences, as well public as private, which happened in london during the last great visitation in 1665. A journal of the plague year by daniel defoe abebooks. At the time of publication there was alarm that plague in marseilles could cross into england. And coincidentally as if preparing for this i recently reread albert camus the plague, about a plague in 1940s algeria. Daniel defoes journal of the plague year being reprinted after selling out bookshops are reporting people stocking up with educational books for children while schools are closed children. Daniel defoe a journal of the plague year full text.
Daniel defoe, author of the classic robinson crusoe, was five years old when the plague swept through london, and grew up hearing many stories some truthful, others exaggerated of its deadly effects. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Defoes book, technically a historical novel but regarded by many as a work of nonfiction, was published in 1722, when the author was 62. A journal of the plague year dover thrift editions. Londons great plague of 1665 devastated the city, as europes final bubonic outbreak killed thousands of helpless citizens. Based on defoes own childhood memories and prodigious. Written by a citizen who continued all the while in london. A journal of the plague year written by a citizen who continued all the while in london. It is an account of one mans experiences of the year 1665, in which the.
A journal of the plague year is daniel defoes novel of the great plague of london in 1665, published fiftyseven years after the event in 1722. A journal of the plague year is a book by daniel defoe, first published in march 1722. Explore free books, like the victory garden, and more browse now. A journal of the plague year by daniel defoe free ebook. The book is told somewhat chronologically, though without sections or chapter headings, and with frequent. The novel is a fictionalised account of one mans experiences of the year 1665, in which the great plague struck the city of london. A journal of the plague year, by daniel defoe project gutenberg. Daniel defoes journal of the plague year being reprinted. Its parallels to today are striking the bubonic plague, or black death, killed an estimated quarter of londons population in. Defoes a journal of the plague year was written 300.
Defoes account of the bubonic plague that swept london in 1665 remains as vivid as it is harrowing. In 1665, the great plague swept through london, claim. A journal of the plague year by daniel defoe goodreads. It is an account of one mans experiences of the year 1665, in which the bubonic plague struck the city of london in what become known as the great plague of london, the last such epidemic in that city.
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