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Lessons from Literature
The Pandemic Within, the Pandemic Without

Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year vividly records how human nature can devolve amid a pandemic—and challenges us all to grow in a time of crisis.

Published on: April 25, 2020
Colin Fleming is the author, most recently, of Buried on the Beaches: Cape Stories for Hooked Hearts and Driftwood Souls. Find him on the web at colinfleminglit.com.
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