- Fiction, Plague in fiction, Plague, Great Britain in fiction
This is the story of a young woman's struggle to save her family and her soul during the year of 1666, when plague suddenly visits her small Derbyshire village and the villagers, inspired by a charismatic preacher, elect to quarantine themselves.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Geraldine Brooks
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 310
- Publisher
- Penguin Audio, Books on Tape, Perfection Learning
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780007144204
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