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
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