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A Journal of the Plague Year (The World's Classics)
A Journal of the Plague Year - The World's Classics
Author: Daniel Defoe, Louis Landa, David Roberts
Long considered the most compelling account of natural disaster in all of literature, Defoe's classic reconstruction of the Great Plague of 1665 scans the streets and alleyways of stricken London in an effort to record the extreme suffering of plague victims. At once horrifying and movingly compassionate, A Journal of the Plague Year offers a n...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780192826824
ISBN-10: 0192826824
Publication Date: 10/25/1990
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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Great book. It is more of an academic read, rather then novel-ish. If you have an interest in this era and if you like old English writing, you'll enjoy this.


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