Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year

About Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year

A reading of Daniel Defoe's 1722 A Journal of the Plague Year, about 20 minutes at a time.

Publisher

Benjamin Pauley

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Mar 2020

Latest episode

19 Apr 2020

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Apr 2020

   Episode 23 - The Plague Comes to an End

   H.F. tells of the plague's end, but notes the disappointing fact that the people's thankfulness didn't last, nor their sense of common purpose and identity across social and sectarian lines.

2. 

   18 Apr 2020

   Episode 22 - The Plague Begins To Abate

   H.F. notes that, in about the middle of October, the plague's virulence seemed to abate—though many continued to be infected and many continued to die, yet more of the infected recovered than had previously been the case. Seeing this, many Londoners made premature returns to their normal patterns of life, causing many to succumb in the Autumn who had survived the worst of the Summer.

3. 

   17 Apr 2020

   Episode 21 - Effects on Foreign and Domestic Trade

   H.F. surveys the plague's effects on foreign and domestic trade, as well as on English manufacturing.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

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