![]() ![]() In the midst of this fear and uncertainty, Daniel Defoe, the author of Robinson Crusoe, published A Journal of the Plague Year: the fictional “diary” of a survivor of London’s last major epidemic, the Great Plague of 1665-1666. Bubonic plague had struck the French port of Marseilles and threatened to spread to other major trade hubs. ![]() If you’re looking for reading material to escape from the anxiety of living in a pandemic, that’s a great idea - we have plenty of suggestions for you, but you should probably skip this one! For those who have been re-reading The Hot Zone or watching Contagion, this post is for you, and we want you to know that there’s nothing wrong with you: we get it! At a time like this, when disease is on everyone’s mind, fiction and nonfiction about epidemics can offer guidance, or reassurance, or even just a safe space in which to process current events.ĭisease was on everyone’s mind in London in the spring of 1722, just as it is around the world today. ![]()
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