A being observations or memorials of the most remarkable occurrences, as well publick as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665 Defoe, Daniel. creator text London Everyman 2000 3d ed. monographic xxiv, 240 p. ; 21 cm. The text and notes are reproduced from the Oxford English Novels edition. The introduction sheds light on the relationship of the Journal to Pepys's diary, and a medical note relates the latest research on the Plague. Daniel Defoe. Plague -- Fiction Great Plague, London, England, 1664-1666 6506