A Journal of the Plague Year.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Defoe, Daniel.

Series:

First Avenue Classics (tm)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plague.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Lerner Publishing Group, 2020.

Summary:

First published in 1722, this unabridged edition of Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year covers events in London, England, in 1665 as the bubonic plague spread throughout the city. Though a work of historical fiction, the book includes accurate historical details, charts, statistics, and government documents. Defoe's narrator follows the spread of the plague and relates how powerful families and government officials tried to hide the disease to avoid inconvenience and public panic. But as deaths mounted and fear spread, those who could began to flee the city. A Journal of the Plague Year continues to resonate with modern audiences through its parallels to issues caused by modern diseases and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Information

Prologue

Plague, 2. Parishes Infected, 1.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781728432519

1728432510

OCLC:

1260347102