A Journal of the Plague Year

Name: A Journal of the Plague Year
Author: Daniel Defoe

by Daniel Defoe

Historical narrative of the plague outbreak in London presented as documentary report

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Daniel Defoe

Defoe is one of the founding fathers of the English novel, combining journalistic realism with compelling narrative in Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. His prose influenced virtually every subsequent novelist who valued authenticity of detail.

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