Year Of Wonders Summary

Year of Wonders is a literary novel written by Geraldine Brooks published in 2001. This novel offers the reader a chance to observe the crisis, religious beliefs, death, and poverty during the 17th Century. This novel mainly begins with two important characters Anna and Elinor. They were the cause of new thoughts, beliefs, and ways to act against the Plague. This reading report will talk about the author, the story, and the actors. This report will also show the fears, the lifestyle of the society at that time, changes of spiritual beliefs, change of mentality, and the crises they face.

Geraldine Brooks is the author of this International Bestseller that demonstrates the disturbing side of religious fervor amongst the society of Eyam during

The author was a journalist and novelist. In a short period, she begins to write about the crises of different areas such as Africa and the Middle East in The Wall Street Journal. As a novelist, Years of Wonders was not Geraldim Brooks only famous book. She also wrote a lot of books that were recognized as good works, such as Nine Parts of Desire in 1994. She had a fertile imagination that had her creating writings on foreign countries, and discovering her first case of lust for books.

Year of Wonders opens in spring of 1665. After the arrival of a box from London, Mr.Viccars develops a fever, and starts having strange symptoms. He begs Anna Firth to burn all of what he bought with him to be able to stop the contagion, also known as the Plague. But after he is death, his clients come to claim their work and unfortunately, they get contagion, as well, the Plague start being spread it. The neighbor and the two young sons of Anna Firth dies because they get the contagion of the Plague. After those deaths, the Plague starts killing massive amounts of people of the village. Anys Gowdie and Mem Gowdie try to help the society, but they are accused of being witches. As a