A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe (2003, UK-B Format Paperback, Revised edition)

Penguin Publishing Group

0140437851

9780140437850

2467537

Journal of the Plague Year

Daniel Defoe

Uk-B Format Paperback

English

Revised

Classics, Literary, Historical

2003

Fiction

336 Pages

7.8in

0.7in

5in

8.7 Oz

Pr3404.J6

Wall, Cynthia

Twelfth Grade

Up

Revised Edition

2

"Within the Texture of Defoe''s Prose, London Becomes a Living and Suffering Being." (Peter Ackroyd), "One of the most original and harrowing accounts of living through a virulent pandemic . . . as full of meaning about human suffering today as it was when it was written." -- The Daily Beast "[A] classic of plague literature . . . Camus was inspired by this book in writing The Plague. " -- The Jerusalem Post "So grimly immediate . . . you can practically smell the death and decay." -- The Guardian "A realistic account of the plague's effects on [London]. Defoe's novel still has the power to unsettle--like when he writes about families forced into quarantine due to an infected family member." -- Vulture "Within the texture of Defoe's prose, London becomes a living and suffering being." -- Peter Ackroyd, "One of the most original and harrowing accounts of living through a virulent pandemic . . . as full of meaning about human suffering today as it was when it was written." -- The Daily Beast "A brilliant account of the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Britain--and it can still educate readers three centuries later." -- BBC News "[A] classic of plague literature . . . Camus was inspired by this book in writing The Plague. " -- The Jerusalem Post "So grimly immediate . . . you can practically smell the death and decay." -- The Guardian "A realistic account of the plague's effects on [London]. Defoe's novel still has the power to unsettle--like when he writes about families forced into quarantine due to an infected family member." -- Vulture "Within the texture of Defoe's prose, London becomes a living and suffering being." -- Peter Ackroyd

A Journal of the Plague YearChronology Introduction Notes Further Reading A Note on the Text A Journal of the Plague Year Appendix I: The Plague Appendix II: Topographical Index Appendix III: London Maps Appendix IV: Introduction by Anthony Burgess to the 1966 Penguin English Library Edition Glossary Notes

2003

Trade

2003-276684

823/.5

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