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.