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    A Journal of the Plague Year
    A Journal of the Plague Year
    A Journal of the Plague Year
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    A Journal of the Plague Year

    Written by Daniel Defoe

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    The novel is a fictionalised account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London. The book is told roughly chronologically, though without sections or chapter headings.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Daniel Defoe

    Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) was an English novelist, pamphleteer, journalist and political agent. He is best known for his novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders, and for his Journal of the Plague Year.

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      One can see people’s behavior repeated in this time of covid19.
      The reader had a clear clean voice . Because it is a Libra Vox recording there are stops thtougho