
A Journal of the Plague Year - Oxford World's Classics (Paperback)
Daniel Defoe (author), Louis Landa (editor), David Roberts (author of introduction)Published: 09/09/2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199572830
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 228 g
Dimensions: 195 x 129 x 18 mm
Edition: Revised edition
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Gruesomely compulsive reading. * Colin Waters, Sunday Herald *
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