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This sci-fi classic depicts a London destroyed by a cataclysmic event, with the remnants of England's population beginning a primitive society in the countryside.

With a background in studying the rural regions of England, professional naturalist turned... Read Full Overview

After London

This sci-fi classic depicts a London destroyed by a cataclysmic event, with the remnants of England's population beginning a primitive society in the countryside. With a background in studying the rural regions of England, professional naturalist turned novelist Richard Jefferies... Read Full Overview

"Remarkable in its early take on the apocalypse." -- examiner.com
A catastrophe has descended upon England. London is now a pestilent swamp, dotted with the ghostly remains of ancient buildings. A giant lake dominates the center of the country, towns have collapsed and... Read Full Overview

A scholarly edition of a significant and exciting late Victorian science fiction novel
Richard Jefferies' After London is uncanny and intriguing, an adventure story, quest romance, dystopia, and Darwinian novel rolled into one, but also a pioneering work of... Read Full Overview

Richard Jefferies was a 19th century British writer who mostly wrote naturalist works but also helped usher in the genre of science fiction. This is one of his most famous science fiction works.

FREE Audiobook included (download link included inside the book) Step into a forgotten future, where nature reigns supreme! Richard Jefferies' After London; Or, Wild England throws you centuries ahead, into a Britain reborn. London lies swallowed by a vast lake while towering... Read Full Overview

A scholarly edition of a significant and exciting late Victorian science fiction novel
Richard Jefferies' After London is uncanny and intriguing, an adventure story, quest romance, dystopia, and Darwinian novel rolled into one, but also a pioneering work of... Read Full Overview

2017 Reprint of 1980 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. Originally published in 1885, Jefferies's novel can be seen as an early example of "post-apocalyptic fiction". A sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated... Read Full Overview

After London, 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 World as mankind knew it has come to a end. Nature and civilization are recovering from disaster. The few survivors of man, live in a quasi-medieval society. One of the earliest and best post-apocalypse novels ever written!!

This sci-fi classic depicts a London destroyed by a cataclysmic event, with the remnants of England's population beginning a primitive society in the countryside. With a background in studying the rural regions of England, professional naturalist turned novelist Richard Jefferies... Read Full Overview

After London presents a version of England many generations after an apocalyptic event has drastically depopulated the country, leaving nature to take back the land and human survivors to scrape what they can from their surroundings. Petty kings and corrupt republics rule from... Read Full Overview

This post-apocalyptic novel imagines a world in which London has been abandoned by civilization and reclaimed by nature. It offers a haunting vision of a world in which humanity is forced to start again from scratch.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally... Read Full Overview

This post-apocalyptic novel imagines a world in which London has been abandoned by civilization and reclaimed by nature. It offers a haunting vision of a world in which humanity is forced to start again from scratch.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally... Read Full Overview

The story tells of how London becomes a swampland after an unspecified natural disaster delivers England over to the mercy of nature. Divided into two parts, "The Relapse into Barbarism" recounts the fall of civilisation while the second longer section entitled "Wild England"... Read Full Overview

""After London Or Wild England"" is a post-apocalyptic novel written by Richard Jefferies. The story is set in a future England where a mysterious catastrophe has destroyed the civilization and left the country in a state of wilderness. The novel follows the adventures of a young... Read Full Overview

After London (1885) is 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 book has two parts. The first, "The Relapse... Read Full Overview