A Journal of the Plague Year Theory of art ‘A sweeping novel about sisterhood

‘A sweeping novel about sisterhood

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A Journal of the Plague Year Theory of art ‘A sweeping novel about sisterhoodWith new introduction by Cynthia Wall, chronology further reading, glossary, and explanatory notes. 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