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The Storm : Or, a Collection of the Most Remarkable Casualties and Disasters Which Happen'd in the Late Dreadful Tempest, Both by Sea and Land.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Auckland : The Floating Press, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (226 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781776532872
  • 1776532872
  • 9781776532889
  • 1776532880
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Storm : Or, a Collection of the Most Remarkable Casualties and Disasters Which Happen'd in the Late Dreadful Tempest, Both by Sea and Land.DDC classification:
  • 551.552
LOC classification:
  • QC944 .D43
Online resources:
Contents:
Title; Contents; The Preface; Chapter I -- Of the Natural Causes and Original of Winds; Chapter II -- Of the Opinion of the Ancients, that this Island was More Subject to Storms than Other Parts of the World; Chapter III -- Of the Storm in General; Chapter IV -- Of the Extent of this Storm, and from What Parts it was Suppos'd to Come; with Some Circumstances as to the Time of It; The Conclusion; Endnotes.
Summary: British author Daniel Defoe is known as one of the early innovators of the book-length novel, especially in his works Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe. In The Storm, Defoe creates another literary landmark -- the first modern example of long-form journalism. In the book, Defoe, drawing on firsthand accounts, records the impact and aftermath of The Great Storm of 1703, a series of thunderstorms and floods that barraged southern England.
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Title; Contents; The Preface; Chapter I -- Of the Natural Causes and Original of Winds; Chapter II -- Of the Opinion of the Ancients, that this Island was More Subject to Storms than Other Parts of the World; Chapter III -- Of the Storm in General; Chapter IV -- Of the Extent of this Storm, and from What Parts it was Suppos'd to Come; with Some Circumstances as to the Time of It; The Conclusion; Endnotes.

British author Daniel Defoe is known as one of the early innovators of the book-length novel, especially in his works Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe. In The Storm, Defoe creates another literary landmark -- the first modern example of long-form journalism. In the book, Defoe, drawing on firsthand accounts, records the impact and aftermath of The Great Storm of 1703, a series of thunderstorms and floods that barraged southern England.

English.

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