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EPISODE · May 27, 2026 · 31 MIN

A Journal of the Plague Year Part 17

from The Daniel Defoe Library · host Daniel Defoe

In which the grievous toll of the plague is enumerated with particular attention to the districts most afflicted, and the inscrutable manner by which the infection silently spreads among the seemingly healthy is most fully described. The narrative further endeavours to reconcile the natural propagation of this distemper with divine providence, offering reflections on human behaviour and the limitations of contagion prevention amid such unseen perils.

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