daniel defoe's a journal of the plague year

Even though he was not an actual eyewitness to the plague year, his account is a valuable resource in understanding the social dynamics and human costs of the event.Īgain, the public showed that they would bear their share in these things the very court, which was then gay and luxurious, put on a face of just concern for the publicĭanger. Defoe’s descriptions of life during that year are vivid and detailed. At its worst, in September of 1665, the plague killed 7,165 people in one week. In seven months, almost one quarter of London's population (one out of every four Londoners) died from the plague. London in 1665 was a walled city with very poor sanitary conditions which created an environment ideal for the rats and fleas that carried bubonic plague. F.', was a saddler who lived in the Whitechapel district of East London. and is probably based on the journals of Defoe's uncle, Henry Foe, who, like 'H.

Defoe was only five years old in 1665 when the Great Plague took place, and the book itself was published under the initials H. In 1722, Defoe published A Journal of the Plague Year, a detailed account of a man living through the Great Plague of London in the year 1665.

He is best known for his 1719 novel, Robinson Crusoe. 1660 – 1731) was an English writer, journalist, and trader.

A Journal of the Plague Year: Bubonic Plague in London, 1665ĭaniel Defoe ( c.

Daniel defoe's a journal of the plague year