Written By: Thomas Hood
Narrated By: Cathy Dobson
Date: May 2015
Duration: 0 hours 11 minutes
Summary:
Thomas Hood (1799-1845) was an English writer and great friend of Lamb, Hazlitt and De Quincey. Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine, the Athenaeum, and Punch. He later published a magazine largely consisting of his own works.
\"A Tale of the Great Plague\" is an ironic piece set in the time of the Black Death, about how an old man outwits a gang of ruthless cutthroats.
