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Journal of the Plague Year / Daniel Defoe (unabridged) [9 CDs]

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Composer
DEFOE, DANIEL
Artist
Andrew Cullum
Format
CD
Label
Naxos AudioBooks
Released
Nov 09, 2018
Catalog #
NA0330
UPC
9781781981764

About

First published in March 1722, 57 years after the event that struck more than 100, 000 people, A Journal of the Plague Year is a compelling portrait of life during London's horrific bubonic plague. Through the eyes of H.F. (speculated to be Defoe's uncle, Henry Foe, from whose journals the book was supposedly adapted) we witness great grief, depravity and despair: crazed sufferers roam the streets, unearthly screams resound across the city, death carts dump their grisly loads into mass graves, and quackery and skulduggery feed on fear. But there is kindness and courage too, as mutual support and caring are upheld through the worst of days. Defoe's Journal is considered one of the most accurate accounts of the plague, and includes many contemporary theories about the disease, along with rolls of the dead and a literary mapping of London, street by street, parish by parish. It is a fascinating and intimate account from one of the earliest proponents of the novel.

Tracklist 61 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 A Journal of the Plague Year 10:44
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    1
    Title
    A Journal of the Plague Year
    Duration
    10:44
  3. 2 This was the beginning of May… 09:10
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    2
    Title
    This was the beginning of May…
    Duration
    09:10
  4. 3 I had an elder brother at the same time… 11:45
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    3
    Title
    I had an elder brother at the same time…
    Duration
    11:45
  5. 4 I scarce need tell the listener… 09:39
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    4
    Title
    I scarce need tell the listener…
    Duration
    09:39
  6. 5 One day, being at that part of the town… 12:06
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    5
    Title
    One day, being at that part of the town…
    Duration
    12:06
  7. 6 Next to these public things were the dreams… 08:11
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    6
    Title
    Next to these public things were the dreams…
    Duration
    08:11
  8. 7 Some endeavours were used to suppress… 10:39
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    7
    Title
    Some endeavours were used to suppress…
    Duration
    10:39
  9. Disc 2
  10. 1 But even those wholesome reflections… 10:17
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    1
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    But even those wholesome reflections…
    Duration
    10:17
  11. 2 Indeed, the poor people were to be pitied… 11:24
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    2
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    Indeed, the poor people were to be pitied…
    Duration
    11:24
  12. 3 The Examiner's Office. 09:30
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    3
    Title
    The Examiner's Office.
    Duration
    09:30
  13. 4 No Person to be conveyed out of any infected… 11:10
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    4
    Title
    No Person to be conveyed out of any infected…
    Duration
    11:10
  14. 5 This shutting up of houses was at first… 10:58
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    5
    Title
    This shutting up of houses was at first…
    Duration
    10:58
  15. 6 I could give a great many such stories… 08:42
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    6
    Title
    I could give a great many such stories…
    Duration
    08:42
  16. 7 But I come back to the case of families infected… 10:03
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    7
    Title
    But I come back to the case of families infected…
    Duration
    10:03
  17. Disc 3
  18. 1 They had supposed this pit would have supplied… 09:09
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    1
    Title
    They had supposed this pit would have supplied…
    Duration
    09:09
  19. 2 Innumerable stories also went about… 11:44
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    2
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    Innumerable stories also went about…
    Duration
    11:44
  20. 3 I went home, indeed, grieved and afflicted… 09:15
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    3
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    I went home, indeed, grieved and afflicted…
    Duration
    09:15
  21. 4 The next morning, seeing no appearance… 09:50
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    4
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    The next morning, seeing no appearance…
    Duration
    09:50
  22. 5 I had in family only an ancient woman… 11:34
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    5
    Title
    I had in family only an ancient woman…
    Duration
    11:34
  23. 6 In these walks I had many dismal scenes… 09:32
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    6
    Title
    In these walks I had many dismal scenes…
    Duration
    09:32
  24. 7 They did tell me, indeed, of a nurse in one place… 10:24
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    7
    Title
    They did tell me, indeed, of a nurse in one place…
    Duration
    10:24
  25. Disc 4
  26. 1 This brings these two men to a further… 11:07
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    1
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    This brings these two men to a further…
    Duration
    11:07
  27. 2 Certain it is, the greatest part of the poor… 08:53
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    2
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    Certain it is, the greatest part of the poor…
    Duration
    08:53
  28. 3 Two things besides this contributed to… 12:39
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    3
    Title
    Two things besides this contributed to…
    Duration
    12:39
  29. 4 One of the worst days we had in the whole time… 10:19
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    4
    Title
    One of the worst days we had in the whole time…
    Duration
    10:19
  30. 5 Much about the same time I walked out… 11:34
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    5
    Title
    Much about the same time I walked out…
    Duration
    11:34
  31. 6 I then asked the poor man if the distemper… 06:03
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    6
    Title
    I then asked the poor man if the distemper…
    Duration
    06:03
  32. 7 And here I cannot but take notice… 10:15
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    7
    Title
    And here I cannot but take notice…
    Duration
    10:15
  33. Disc 5
  34. 1 Take the weeks in which the plague… 10:10
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    1
    Title
    Take the weeks in which the plague…
    Duration
    10:10
  35. 2 I have heard also of some who, on the death… 12:13
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    2
    Title
    I have heard also of some who, on the death…
    Duration
    12:13
  36. 3 This was about the beginning of July… 10:47
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    3
    Title
    This was about the beginning of July…
    Duration
    10:47
  37. 4 But to return to my travellers. 09:21
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    4
    Title
    But to return to my travellers.
    Duration
    09:21
  38. 5 This was much the fate of our three travellers… 12:50
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    5
    Title
    This was much the fate of our three travellers…
    Duration
    12:50
  39. 6 Accordingly they sent to the place… 08:35
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    6
    Title
    Accordingly they sent to the place…
    Duration
    08:35
  40. 7 John answered that what other people… 08:36
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    7
    Title
    John answered that what other people…
    Duration
    08:36
  41. Disc 6
  42. 1 On this they called a new council… 10:58
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    Title
    On this they called a new council…
    Duration
    10:58
  43. 2 I have given an account already of what I found… 09:44
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    2
    Title
    I have given an account already of what I found…
    Duration
    09:44
  44. 3 It is true there is something to be said… 10:10
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    3
    Title
    It is true there is something to be said…
    Duration
    10:10
  45. 4 I had about this time a little hardship… 10:25
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    4
    Title
    I had about this time a little hardship…
    Duration
    10:25
  46. 5 This running of distempered people… 09:52
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    5
    Title
    This running of distempered people…
    Duration
    09:52
  47. 6 Seeing then that we could come at the certainty…. 09:33
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    6
    Title
    Seeing then that we could come at the certainty….
    Duration
    09:33
  48. 7 But I must still speak of the plague… 10:31
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    Title
    But I must still speak of the plague…
    Duration
    10:31
  49. Disc 7
  50. 1 Here we may observe and I hope… 09:09
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    1
    Title
    Here we may observe and I hope…
    Duration
    09:09
  51. 2 This was a prodigious number of itself… 12:09
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    2
    Title
    This was a prodigious number of itself…
    Duration
    12:09
  52. 3 These things re-established the minds… 10:05
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    3
    Title
    These things re-established the minds…
    Duration
    10:05
  53. 4 Here is a strange change of things indeed… 08:44
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    4
    Title
    Here is a strange change of things indeed…
    Duration
    08:44
  54. 5 This I take to be the reason… 11:12
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    5
    Title
    This I take to be the reason…
    Duration
    11:12
  55. 6 Now let any man judge from a case like this… 08:44
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    6
    Title
    Now let any man judge from a case like this…
    Duration
    08:44
  56. 7 And here I must observe also that the plague… 09:58
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    7
    Title
    And here I must observe also that the plague…
    Duration
    09:58
  57. Disc 8
  58. 1 It is true there was, as I observed at first… 11:10
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    1
    Title
    It is true there was, as I observed at first…
    Duration
    11:10
  59. 2 Indeed nothing was more strange than to see… 11:01
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    2
    Title
    Indeed nothing was more strange than to see…
    Duration
    11:01
  60. 3 It must not be forgot here to take some notice… 09:31
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    3
    Title
    It must not be forgot here to take some notice…
    Duration
    09:31
  61. 4 It is to be observed that while the plague… 09:33
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    4
    Title
    It is to be observed that while the plague…
    Duration
    09:33
  62. 5 The public fires which were made… 10:44
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    5
    Title
    The public fires which were made…
    Duration
    10:44
  63. 6 Such is the precipitant disposition of our people… 10:11
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    6
    Title
    Such is the precipitant disposition of our people…
    Duration
    10:11
  64. 7 Some parts of England were now infected… 10:18
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    7
    Title
    Some parts of England were now infected…
    Duration
    10:18
  65. Disc 9
  66. 1 I should have mentioned that the Quakers… 08:10
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    1
    Title
    I should have mentioned that the Quakers…
    Duration
    08:10
  67. 2 I was once making a list of all such… 09:06
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    2
    Title
    I was once making a list of all such…
    Duration
    09:06
  68. 3 There were, indeed, several little hurries… 06:57
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    3
    Title
    There were, indeed, several little hurries…
    Duration
    06:57
  69. 4 I should have taken notice here that… 07:31
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    4
    Title
    I should have taken notice here that…
    Duration
    07:31
  70. 5 If I should say that this is a visible summons… 04:17
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    5
    Title
    If I should say that this is a visible summons…
    Duration
    04:17