The storm

The storm

by Defoe, Daniel

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"On the evening of 26 November 1703, a hurricane from the north Atlantic hammered into Britain: it remains the worst storm the nation has ever experienced. Eyewitnesses saw cows thrown into trees and windmills ablaze from the friction of their whirling sails-- and some 8,000 people lost their lives. For Defoe, bankrupt and just released from prison for his 'seditious' writings, the storm struck during one of his bleakest moments. But it also furnished him with material for his first book, and i…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The storm / Daniel Defoe.

Summary

"On the evening of 26 November 1703, a hurricane from the north Atlantic hammered into Britain: it remains the worst storm the nation has ever experienced. Eyewitnesses saw cows thrown into trees and windmills ablaze from the friction of their whirling sails-- and some 8,000 people lost their lives. For Defoe, bankrupt and just released from prison for his 'seditious' writings, the storm struck during one of his bleakest moments. But it also furnished him with material for his first book, and in this powerful depiction of suffering and survival played out against a backdrop of natural devastation we can trace the outlines of Defoe's later masterpieces, A Journal of the Plague Year and Robinson Crusoe."--Back cover.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2005.
  • Edition:New ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Penguin
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2005.

Notes

This ed. originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2003.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xliv, 228 pages : : illustrations ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0141439920, 9780141439921
  • oclc:ocm57005783
  • LC Classification:QC944
  • Dewey Decimal:551.55/2/0941

Table of Contents

The storm -- The lay-man's sermon upon the late storm -- An essay on the late storm.

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Subjects

Early works Great Britain Storms Storms -- Early works to 1800. -- Great… Tempêtes -- Ouvrages avant 1800. -- Gra…

Writers

Defoe, Daniel Hamblyn, Richard

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