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Title
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Daniel Defoe (1660?–1731) The Storm
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Description
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On Wednesday 26 November 1703, Daniel Defoe nearly died near his London home when part of a neighbouring house collapsed in a week-long hurricane that hit the south of England and the English Channel. Regarded as the first substantial work of modern journalism, he published this book the following year, after advertising in the London Gazette for eyewitness accounts. In sharp contrast to ‘clinical’ colonial reports of weather disasters, Defoe foregrounds stories of courage, selfishness and suffering by those who experienced the Great Storm.
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Creator
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Daniel Defoe
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Date
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1704
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Identifier
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[B.L.] 1704 [Storm]
A Thousand Words for Weather
