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Defoes Journal of the Plague Year is an extraordinary account of the devastation and human suffering inflicted on the city of London by the Great Plague of 1665. Purporting to be an eye-witness, Defoes fictional narrator recounts in vivid detail the rising death toll and the transformation of the city as its citizens flee and those who remain live in fear and despair. Above all it is the stories of appalling human suffering and grief that give Defoes extraordinary fiction its compelling historical veracity. The lively Introduction relates the Journal to Defoes best-known work, Robinson Crusoe, and draws on recent research into the publishing environment of the first edition. It considers the portrayal of London, depicted by Defoe as it was before the Great Fire, and to the books device of fiction masquerading as fact. This edition also includes comprehensive explanatory notes, a map of Defoes London, and a complete topographical index that enables the reader to track the Journals complex references to Londons streets, churches, alleyways, and prisons both before and after the Great Fire of 1666. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.About the Author:Louis Landa was Professor of English Emeritus at Princeton University. David Roberts is Professor of English at Birmingham City University.
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