The Storm (Summarized Edition)
Enriched edition. A journalistic chronicle of the Great Storm of 1703—Britain's catastrophic hurricane—by the Robinson Crusoe author, pioneering reportage from London.By Daniel Defoe
Length3h 30m
About this audiobook
THE STORM (Unabridged) is Defoe's chronicle of the Great Storm of 1703, a fusion of eyewitness reportage, civic inventory, and providential reflection that helped invent disaster journalism. Through letters he solicited and edited, he maps damage from parish roofs to naval squadrons, tabulating losses, quoting sailors and clergy, and weighing early meteorological conjecture against moral meaning. Its plain, urgent prose, braided with tallies and regional case studies, places the book at the hinge of late Stuart news culture and Enlightenment empiricism. Defoe—a dissenting tradesman turned pamphleteer, recently pilloried for The Shortest Way with the Dissenters—wrote amid imprisonment and financial strain, sharpening his focus on risk, credit, and state capacity. Drawing on a merchant's taste for enumeration and a journalist's networks, he used the Review to gather testimony. Nonconformist theology frames the storm as warning and audit, even as curiosity pushes toward explanation. Unabridged, this edition restores the full letters, lists, and regional narratives, essential to literature, environmental history, and journalism studies. Read it to see a nation measure catastrophe—and an author forge tools for making public meaning from ruin.
Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length3 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 3, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
6THE STORM (Unabridged) (pt. 1)
2Introduction
7THE STORM (Unabridged) (pt. 2)
3Synopsis
8Analysis
4Historical Context
9Reflection
5Author Biography
Everybody's Business Is Nobody's BusinessDaniel Defoe1h 54m$2 · $0.00
The Storm. An EssayDaniel Defoe16m$2 · $0.00
A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed BeforeDaniel Defoe13h 18m$2 · $0.00
And What if the Pretender should Come?Daniel Defoe54m$2 · $0.00
A Journal of the Plague YearDaniel Defoe9h 49m$1 · $0.00
The History of the Pirates of the CaribbeanDaniel Defoe, Charles Ellms, Captain Charles Johnson40h 2m$2 · $0.00
Aventures de Robinson CrusoéDaniel Defoe21h 57m$1 · $0.00
Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins (1718)Daniel Defoe4h 18m$2 · $0.00
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (Illustrated)Daniel Defoe20h 18m$1 · $0.00
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)Daniel Defoe10h 8m$2 · $0.00
Atalantis MajorDaniel Defoe2h 54m$2 · $0.00
The Life and Adventures of Robinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe11h 39m$2 · $0.00
The Lost Pirate RepublicDaniel Defoe, Charles Ellms, Captain Charles Johnson40h 1m$2 · $0.00
Gesammelte Werke: Abenteuer-Klassiker + Seegeschichten + Historische Romane (Illustrierte Ausgaben)Daniel Defoe44h 5m$1 · $0.00
CaledoniaDaniel Defoe2h 27m$2 · $0.00
The True-Born Englishman: A SatireDaniel Defoe2h 22m$2 · $0.00
Colonel JackDaniel Defoe19h 16m$2 · $0.00
COLONEL JACK (Illustrated)Daniel Defoe18h 46m$2 · $0.00
Die Pest zu LondonDaniel Defoe6h 58m$2 · $0.00
The True Pirates of the CaribbeanDaniel Defoe, Charles Ellms, Captain Charles Johnson40h 1m$2 · $0.00
Frederick Douglass: All 3 Memoirs in One VolumeFrederick Douglass44h 9m$2 · $0.00
I've Been to the MountaintopMartin Luther King48m5 (1)$11 · $0.00
RevolutionariesSanjeev Sanyal11h 23m$29 · $0.00
We Crossed a Bridge and It TrembledWendy Pearlman6h$24 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m$8 · $0.00
The Red RecordIda B. Wells-Barnett2h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m$29 · $0.00
Saving My EnemyBob Welch9h 11m$20
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m$29 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m$33 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
EnduranceAlfred Lansing6h 1m$20
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BeyondStephen Walker15h 39m$33 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m$29 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m$28 · $0.00
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