A Journal of the Plague Year

图书标准信息

• 作者 Daniel Defoe 著
• 出版社 penguin
• 出版时间 2003-08
• ISBN 9780140437850
• 定价 78.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 336页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

In1665theGreatPlaguesweptthroughLondon,claimingnearly100,000lives.InAJournal,writtennearlysixtyyearslater,Defoevividlychronicledtheprogressoftheepidemic.Wefollowhisfictionalnarratorthroughacitytransformed:thestreetsandalleywaysdeserted;thehousesofdeathwithcrossesdaubedontheirdoors;thedead-cartsontheirwaytothepits.Andherecountsthehorrifyingstoriesofthecitizensheencounters,asfear,isolationandhysteriatakehold.AJournalisbothafascinatinghistoricaldocumentandasupremeworkofimaginativereconstruction.

Thisedition,basedontheoriginal1722text,containsanewintroduction,anappendixontheplague,atopographicalindexandmapsofcontemporaryLondon,andincludesAnthonyBurgess'soriginalintroduction.

【作者简介】

AbouttheAuthor

DanielDefoewasborninLondonin1660.Hewasasuccessfulhosierymerchant.HeservedasasecretagentforWilliamIIIandsingle-handedlyproducedthereview,apro-governmentnewspaper.Heturnedtofictionlateinlifean