In 1665 the plague swept through London, claiming over 97,000 lives. Daniel Defoe was just five at the time of the plague, but he later called on his own memories, as well as his writing experience, to create this vivid chronicle of the epidemic and its victims. 'A Journal' (1722) follows Defoe's fi
A Journal of the Plague Year (Oxford World's Classics)
โ Scribed by Defoe, Daniel; Louis Landa; David Roberts
- Book ID
- 107820729
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 560 KB
- Series
- Oxford World Classics
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780199572830
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