A Journal of the Plague Year - (Penguin Classics) by Daniel Defoe (Paperback)

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Dimensions (Overall): 7.86 Inches (H) x 5.16 Inches (W) x .86 Inches (D)
Weight: .56 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 336
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Fantasy
Series Title: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Daniel Defoe
Language: English
Street Date: August 26, 2003
TCIN: 76921009
UPC: 9780140437850
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-1236
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Book Synopsis



"The surprise 'must-read' for people facing the Covid-19 epidemic." --The Telegraph

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 fictional narrator as he traces the devastating progress of the plague through the streets of London. Here we see a city transformed: some of its streets suspiciously empty, some--with crosses on their doors--overwhelmingly full of the sounds and smells of human suffering. And every living citizen he meets has a horrifying story that demands to be heard.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.



Review Quotes




"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



About the Author



Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) had a variety of careers including merchant, soldier, secret agent, and political pamphleteer. He wrote economic texts, history, biography, crime, and, most famously, fiction, including Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders and Roxana.

Cynthia Wall
is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Virginia.
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