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English12 Year of Wonders: Year of Wonders

Source: "A street during the plague in London with a death cart", (Evans, n.d.). Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

When an infected bolt of cloth carries plague from London to an isolated village, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna’s eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers confront the spread of disease and superstition

Year of Wonders

About the author

About Geraldine Brooks, from the official author website.

Geraldine Brooks

Geraldine Brooks - Year of Wonders

Source: Geraldine Brooks, n.d., url: http://geraldinebrooks.com/year-of-wonders/ 

Jennifer Byrne presents Geraldine Brooks. Jennifer Byrne talks to one of Australia's most critically acclaimed and successful authors, Geraldine Brooks.

Source: ClickView, (2011), Duration 28:29, url: https://online.clickview.com.au/libraries/videos/geraldine-brooks

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Study Guide

Year of Wonders and Covid-19

Episode 19 - Year of Wonders

Find out how the Bubonic Plague compares to the Covid-19 situation, with a discussion of Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks.

Source: City of Marion (SA), 2020, Literary Anything, Duration 56:25, URL: https://soundcloud.com/user-397851889/year-of-wonders

What We Learn From Pandemic Lit

Can pandemic literature serve as a tool to understand this pandemic? Authors Tom Perrotta, Geraldine Brooks and Lawrence Wright tell us what they think.

Source: wbur, 2020, On Point, Duration 47:18, URL: https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/05/14/what-we-learn-from-pandemic-lit

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