8 hrs 39 mins | HISTORY | United States | State and Local | New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)Daniel Defoe (1659 or 1661 - 1731) was an English writer and journalist who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. In 1665, the bubonic plague swept through London, claiming nearly 100,000 victims. In ‘A Journal of the Plague Year’, first published in 1722, Defoe chronicles the progress of the epidemic. His fictional narrator traverses a city with deserted streets and alleyways, where the houses of death have crosses daubed on their doors. He described the panic among the inhabitants of the city as fear, isolation and hysteria reign. Defoe identifies specific neighborhoods, street...
Daniel Defoe (1659 or 1661 - 1731) was an English writer and journalist who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. In 1665, the bubonic plague swept through London, claiming nearly 100,000 victims. In ‘A Journal of the Plague Year’, first published in 1722, Defoe chronicles the progress of the epidemic. His fictional narrator traverses a city with deserted streets and alleyways, where the houses of death have crosses daubed on their doors. He described the panic among the inhabitants of the city as fear, isolation and hysteria reign. Defoe identifies specific neighborhoods, streets, and even houses in which the horrific events took place. Well-researched, the book also provides tables of casualty figures and discusses the reality of various accounts heard by the narrator.
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| 1. | 001 intro credits |
0 mins 13 secs |
| 2. | 002 chapter1 |
57 mins 29 secs |
| 3. | 003 chapter2 |
58 mins 11 secs |
| 4. | 004 chapter3 |
59 mins 41 secs |
| 5. | 005 chapter4 |
56 mins 37 secs |
| 6. | 006 chapter5 |
56 mins 09 secs |
| 7. | 007 chapter6 |
59 mins 52 secs |
| 8. | 008 chapter7 |
24 secs |
| 9. | 009 chapter8 |
57 mins 27 secs |
| 10. | 010 chapter9 |
51 mins 57 secs |
| 11. | 011 outro credits |
0 mins 13 secs |
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