Those events refashioned the london landscape, and defoe s a. A journal of the plague year, account of the great plague of london in 166465, written by daniel defoe and published in 1722. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A stricken city it was about the beginning of september, 1664, that i, among the rest of my neighbours, heard that the plague was returned again in holland. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on. If you try to read the journal of the plague year as fiction it will seem dated because it cant satisfy as such. 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. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature.
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Research papers on a journal of the plague year by defoe. Daniel defoe summary the speaker talks about his looking at the giant pit made for dead bodies before the black plague had hit his parish of aldgate one of the towns the plague had hit the. Purporting to be an eyewitness account, the journal of the plague year is a record of the devastation wrought by the great plague of 1665 on the city of london. A journal of the plague year by daniel defoe being observations or memorials of the most remarkable occurrences, as well public as private, which happened in london during the last. This book is a fascinating record of trying to cope during the capitals last plague epidemic of 1665. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Daniel defoes a journal of the plague year 1722 is a fictionalized account of the bubonic plague epidemic that struck london. Defoes journal of the plague year is an extraordinary. A journal of the plague year, which is a fictional firsthand account of the bubonic plague, was written and published just before moll flanders also in 1722. A journal of the plague year work by defoe britannica.
The following paragraph quoted from back cover of the new american library version of a journal of the plague year signet classics, 1960. First published in march 1722, 57 years after the event that struck more than 100,000 people, journal of the plague year is a compelling portrait of life during londons horrific bubonic plague. The plague of 1665 was followed by the great fire of london in 1666. A journal of the plague year is a novel by daniel defoe, first published in march 1722. Daniel defoes a journal of the plague year 1722 is a fictionalized account of the bubonic plague epidemic that struck london in 1665 which defoe witnessed as a five year old, the year. Disorder, order, and talk in daniel defoes a journal of the plague year. In 1665, the great plague swept through london, claiming nearly.
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