Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. A child of 5 in the plague year, Daniel Defore applied his considerable talents as both a journalist and a novelist to this historical and fictional reconstruction of the Great Plague of London in 1664-1665. This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,187. The writing is of the period and occasionally requires you to concentrate quite hard but it gives an amazing insight into what it was like to live through a very dramatic period of our history. A book published in 1722 suddenly has references to the United States of America, which of course did not exist in 1722!

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 November 2016. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. A Journal of the Plague Year: Defoe, Daniel: 9781981607723: Books - Amazon.ca. These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. When you are reading these accounts you sort of want to get into time and ask them so many questions. Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2018. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2015. The Black Death (Manchester Medieval Sources) Rosemary Horrox. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Paperback. Please try again. Not quite in the good condition mentioned, Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2018. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. so half read, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2015, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2017. Please try again.
© 2008-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, A Journal of the Plague Year (Dover Thrift Editions). It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Bought a different, more expensive edition immediately so that I could read a coherent text. I really enjoyed dipping into this fictional account of the plague in London. But this digital version is very poor. The Plague Albert Camus. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Drawing on his considerable talents as both journalist and novelist, Defoe reconstructed events both historically and fictionally, incorporating realistic, memorable details that enable the novel to surpass even firsthand accounts in its air of authenticity. Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits.

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Frankly, this edition is so poor that I'm amazed Amazon even allow it to be sold. Long a staple of college literature courses, A Journal of the Plague Year will fascinate students, teachers, and general readers alike. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. Just refuses to download. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. And, whereas today it's social media that pedals myths and falsehoods, then it was all done more personally. Brilliant, evocative details of Crusoe's struggles and exploits. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I found that reading short sections that caught ones interest was the way to gain enjoyment from reading this book. The Court of Charles OK was gay and they made applications to magistrates. Now too late to return it. Illustrated Journal of the Plague Year: 300th Anniversary Edition, A Journal of the Plague Year (Dover Thrift Editions), Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present (The Open Yale Courses Series), The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife. This verisimilitude is all the more remarkable since Defoe was only five years old when the actual events took place. A great read, although it gets a little long-winded and repeats toward the end.

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Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. (Cat #: 048629093X), The only survivor of a shipwreck endures 28 years of solitude on a Caribbean island and masters both his strange new world and himself. For anyone interested in, or studying, this particular period of history, it's a concise contemporary source. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. I read this book years ago when I was at school and decided to give it another go after hearing it discussed on the radio. That's true. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 September 2020. --This text refers to an alternate, A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while in London, A Journal of the Plague Year (Illustrated), A Journal of the Plague Year [with Biographical Introduction]. Listen to your favorite songs from A Journal Of The Plague Year by Tom Rapp Now. I found that reading short sections that caught ones interest was the way to gain enjoyment from reading this book. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Paperback. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2013. Fiction it might be, though apparently based on the diaries of his uncle Henry Foe (the H.F. who purportedly authors the account) Daniel Defoes "Journal of the Plague Year" is a fascinating account of the Bubonic plague that struck London in the year 1665. I found it very interesting and although it is a fictious account Defoe tells a fascinating story which grips you. Please try again. 4.1 out of 5 stars 232. Skip to main content .com.au. There was a problem loading your book clubs. The words "c programming language" appear randomly at location 1015. A Journal of the Plague Year is written in a journalistic style which is interesting - but it is not broken into chapters or sections - which makes it heavy going.