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The Visitation: Defoe's A Journal of the Plague YearAuthor: The Visitation: Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year
A podcast reading of Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year, a novel about the plague that afflicted London in 1665. Language: en-us Genres: Documentary, History, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Episode 35: Postscript
Episode 35
Saturday, 4 July, 2020
Although the London plague was not a pandemic as we now understand the word, for the citizens of that great capital, the experience of it was total. For those that did not flee the disease, the City was the World. In this postscript, I present some reflections on life during the plague in London as Defoe described it and offer some comparisons to our experiences during a pandemic of our own. Credits: Podcast produced by Sam Brelsfoard. Music from Funeral Sentences of Henry Purcell (1659-1695), performed by the Choir of Clare College at the University of Cambridge, Timothy Brown conducting. Used by permission. Visit our website: www.londonplague.com © 2020 Mark Cummings
