7/7/2023 0 Comments Fever 1793 author![]() ![]() ![]() Add that to not having modern-day resources. There are gross descriptions of the effects of yellow fever. She made me feel like I was actually in 1793 Philadelphia during the yellow fever pandemic. ![]() As with other topics she’s covered, she does not sugarcoat anything. Laurie Halse Anderson’s writing style has remained basically the same, at least in the books by her I’ve read so far. Things in 1793 were generally a lot of slower, so the author probably didn’t think it necessary to go through every single day of the pandemic. It flowed well, and we were informed if anything had happened during the time gaps. There were time jumps where days sometimes jumped into weeks, yet somehow it was not jarring. The pandemic began in August, then ended the following winter. ![]() Almost every decision made by Mattie and the other characters connects to the yellow fever, as well as decisions made by others that impact them. The hysteria in 1793 was very real, probably worse than it is now without easy access to social media. The plot revolves entirely around the yellow fever pandemic and is primarily character-driven. The family runs a popular coffeehouse that Mattie is determined to take over one day even though her mother would rather she find a husband instead. Fever, 1793 follows Matilda “Mattie” Cook, an ambitious, independent fourteen-year-old living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1793 with her widowed mother and grandfather. ![]()
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