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'''A Journal of the Plague Year''' is a novel by Daniel Defoe. It is a fictionalised account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London. The book is told roughly chronologically, purporting to have been written several years after the event. In fact, it was written in the years just prior to the book's first publication in March of 1722 – Defoe was only five years old in 1665, and the book itself was published under the initials ''H. F.'' The novel was probably based on the journals of Defoe's uncle, Henry Foe.
In the book, Defoe goes to great pains to achieve an effect of verisimilitude, identifying specific neighborhoods, streets, and even houses in which events took place, providing tables of casualty figures and discussing the credibility of various accounts received by the narrator.

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★ In the Daria telemovie ''Is It Fall Yet?'', ''A Journal of the Plague Year'' is on Daria's bed when Helen, surprised, overhears Daria consoling Quinn. When she is discovered, Helen makes the excuse that she came to Daria's room to borrow a book from Daria, unknowingly grabbing ''A Journal of the Plague Year'' off the bed and shuddering in disgust when she figures out which book she took.
Daniel Defoe's "Journal of the Plague Year" is best remembered for giving inspirational birth to Tom Wright's contemporary theatrical adaptation of the same name. Tom Wright's 2001 publication is a landmark of literary constitution. When interviewed on Fox Television in May of 2002 and asked about his sources of influence Tom was quoted as saying, "Daniel Defoe is my home-boy". World media bodies, while at first confused by the comment and fearing for Mr. Wright's mental well-being, have since construed the statement as being indicative of Tom's thanks for Daniel's posthumous inspiration.

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★ A Journal of the Plague Year at archive.org