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  1. A Journal of the Plague Year: Being Observations or Memorials, Of the most Remarkable Occurrences, As well Publick as Private, which happened in London During the last Great Visitation In 1665, commonly called A Journal of the Plague Year, is a book by Daniel Defoe, first published in March 1722.

  2. A Journal of the Plague Year, account of the Great Plague of London in 166465, written by Daniel Defoe and published in 1722. Narrated by “H.F.,” an inhabitant of London who purportedly was an eyewitness to the devastation that followed the outbreak of bubonic plague, the book was a historical and.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. Jun 24, 2023 · Read the full text of Defoe's classic account of the Great Plague of London in 1665, based on his own observations and experiences. Learn how the plague spread, how people reacted, and how the government tried to contain it.

  4. Jan 16, 2006 · Read or download this classic historical fiction novel about the Great Plague of London in 1665. Written by a citizen who witnessed the events, it also includes the Great Fire of London and the political turmoil of the time.

    • Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
    • English
    • Tokuya Matsumoto and David Widger
  5. A Journal of the Plague Year. Daniel Defoe, Cynthia Wall. 3.56. 10,976 ratings1,489 reviews. Actually written sixty years after the plague of 1665 swept through London, Defoe brings the city to life in all of its hardship and fear.

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    • Paperback
  6. 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.

  7. A Journal of the Plague Year is a historical novel based on the author's research of contemporary accounts of the 1665 outbreak. It depicts the chaos, horror and resilience of Londoners during the deadly epidemic.