After London, or Wild England

By Jefferies, Richard

Book Id: WPLBN0002951699
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File Size: 291.34 MB
Reproduction Date: 2009

Title:	After London, or Wild England
Author:	Jefferies, Richard
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, After London, or Wild England
Historic Publication Date:	1885
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Jefferies, B. R. (1885). After London, or Wild England. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Jefferies' novel can be seen as an early example of post-apocalyptic fiction. After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first part of the book, The Relapse into Barbarism, is the account by some later historian of the fall of civilisation and its consequences, with a loving description of nature reclaiming England. The second part, Wild England, is an adventure set many years later in the wild landscape and society. The book is not without its flaws (notably the abrupt and unsatisfying ending) but is redeemed by the quality of the writing, particularly the unnervingly prophetic descriptions of the post-apocalyptic city and countryside. (Summary by Ruth Golding and Wikipedia)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Fantasy, Adventure, Science fiction