Book Review: “A Journal of the Plague Year” by Daniel Defoe
My rating: 3 (of 5) “stars” Last year, I read three books written by Daniel Defoe: “Robinson Crusoe,” which was first published in 1719, and “Moll Flanders” and “A Journal of the Plague Year,” which were both published in 1722. Of those three books, I liked the “Journal” best. I bought a “Norton Critical Edition” of the book at my local bookstore in Vienna, Stöger-Leporello. The book was edited by Paula R. Backscheider, and published in 1992 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Critical editions of books provide textual criticism, and aim to recreate an author’s intent. In other […]