A journal of the plague year is a novel by daniel defoe, telling the story of the great plague in london in the year 1665. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Camus was inspired by this book in writing the plague. Based on defoes own childhood memories and prodigious research, a journal of the plague year walks the line between fiction, history, and reportage. The book is told roughly chronologically, though without sections or chapter headings. At the time of publication there was alarm that plague in marseilles could cross into england. Published in 1722, defoes text is technically a novel, but historians and epidemiologists have praised it as an accurate report of life in london during the great plague. The novel probably was based on the journals of defoes uncle, henry foe. The book is told somewhat chronologically, though without sections or chapter headings.
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The following paragraph quoted from back cover of the new american library version of a journal of the plague year signet classics, 1960. Unlike daniel defoes other books and novels, a journal of the plague year is rarely read as a whole, although a number of writers, such as virginia woolf, testify to its impact. At the time of publication there was alarm that plague in marseilles could. Daniel defoe s a journal of the plague year a fictional account of the 1665 plague in london is the surprise mustread for people facing the covid19 epidemic, according to booksellers. A journal of the plague year by daniel defoe part 12. A journal of the plague year by daniel defoe, first edition. A journal of the plague year by daniel defoe full text. 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 of the plague year is daniel defoes novel of the great plague of london in 1665, published fiftyseven years after the event in 1722.
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A journal of the plague year by daniel defoe alibris. A journal 1722 follows defoes fictional narrator as he traces the devastating progress of the plague. A journal of the plague year by defoe, daniel free. The book was first published in march 1722, 57 years after the event. It was about the beginning of september, 1664, that i, among the rest of my neighbours, heard in ordinary discourse that the plague was returned again in holland. Buy journal of the plague year by defoe, daniel from amazons fiction books store. A journal of the plague year, by daniel defoe mpl book. 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. This novel is an account of one mans experiences of the year 1665, in which the great plague or the bubonic plague struck the city of london. Mooresville public library mooresville, indiana presents a book trailer featuring the novel a journal of the plague year, by daniel defoe.
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