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Daniel Defoe - A Journal of the Plague Year: Being Observations of Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, As Well Public As Private, Which Happened in Lond
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I am an avid reader of the classics, and so, when I read this book, I was quite surprised at it. Although it was written nearly 200 years ago, it is understandable and easy to read. The descriptions it in seem like Defoe actually remembered his childhood. This where I have to agree with the last reviewer:there is no way that Defoe could have remembered in such detail the plague when he was only 5 years old at the time. Maybe the story is from other people's recollection, but definitely not all his. Another kwirk of the story are the statistics in the beginning. Other than that, the book is a wonderful telling of a grotesque time in history.
Classic 1722 account of the epidemic that ravaged England nearly 60 years earlier. Defoe used his considerable talents as a journalist and novelist to...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
In 1665, the Great Plague swept through London, claiming nearly 100,000 lives. In A Journal of the Plague Year, Defoe vividly chronicles the progress ...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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