A Journal of the Plague Year

Resumen del libro

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 of the plague through the streets of London.

Here we see a city transformed: some of its streets suspiciously empty, some - with crosses on their doors - overwhelmingly full of the sounds and smells of human suffering. And every living citizen he meets has a horrifying story that demands to be heard

Biografía del autor

Daniel Defoe (Londres, 1660-1731). Fue un pésimo negociante, un polémico escritor y un espía de lealtades cambiantes. Abandonó la carrera eclesiástica para dedicarse al comercio y viajar por Europa. Tras fracasar en los negocios, estuvo a cargo de su propio periódico. A los sesenta años publicó Robinson Crusoe, escrito en apenas dos meses.