A journal of the plague year

Autori

• Daniel Defoe

Parametri

• Inghilterra
• Letteratura inglese
• Narrativa
• Prosa storica
• Reportage letterario

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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 of the epidemic. We follow his fictional narrator through a city transformed-the streets and alleyways deserted, the houses of death with crosses daubed on their doors, the dead-carts on their way to the pits-and encounter the horrified citizens of the city, as fear, isolation, and hysteria take hold. The shocking immediacy of Defoe's description of plague-racked London makes this one of the most convincing accounts of the Great Plague ever written.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1960

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