The Scarlet Plague (Annotated)

By: London, Jack

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Scarlet Plague is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel written by Jack London and originally published in London magazine in 1912. The story takes place in 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic, the Red Death, has depopulated the planet. James Smith is one of the survivors of the era before the scarlet plague struck and is still left alive in the San Francisco area, and traveling with his grandchildren Edwin, Hoo-Hoo, and Cleft Lip. Her grandchildren are young and live as primitive hunter-gatherers in a very unpopulated world. His intellect is limited, as are his language skills. Edwin asks Smith, whom they call "Granser," to tell them about the disease alternatively called scarlet plague, scarlet death, or red death.Smith tells the story of his life before the plague, when he was an English teacher. In 2013, a year after "the Board of Magnates appointed Morgan Fifth as President of the United States," the disease emerged and spread rapidly.The victims would turn scarlet, particularly on the face, and go numb on their lower extremities. Victims generally die within 30 minutes of seeing the first symptoms. Despite the public's trust in doctors and scientists, no cure is found, and those who attempted to do so were also killed by the disease. The grandchildren question Smith's belief in the "germs" that cause the disease because they cannot be seen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B085RR6662
• ISBN13: 9798626717952
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 10.0"