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In A Journal of the Plague Year, first published in 1722, Defoe chronicles the progress of the epidemic. His fictional narrator traverses a city with deserted streets and alleyways, where the houses of death have crosses daubed on their doors. He described the panic among the inhabitants of the city as fear, isolation and hysteria reign. Defoe identifies specific neighborhoods, streets, and even houses in which the horrific events took place. Well-researched, the book also provides tables of casualty figures and discusses the reality of various accounts heard by the narrator.

In 1665, London was struck by the bubonic plague, an epidemic that was the last major instance of the bubonic plague in England. This instance of the plague killed 100,000 people over a year and a half, and was transmitted through rats that ran through the city. A Journal of the Plague Year was presented as an eyewitness account of the epidemic through the eyes of Londoners.

Rok 1651. Siedemnastoletni Robinson Crusoe nie chce wieść nudnego życia jak jego ojciec, kupiec z angielskiego miasta Hull, więc ucieka z domu i zaciąga się na kolejne statki. Podczas jednej z wypraw, w 1659 r., statek się rozbija i Robinson jest jedynym ocalałym. Trafia na bezludną wyspę, gdzie, jak się okaże, spędzi następne 28 lat. Powoli zagospodarowuje się, buduje dom, uprawia zboże, oswaja kozy i papugę, wytwarza naczynia. W przetrwaniu pomagają mu znalezione przedmioty z innego rozbitego statku.