After London or Wild England - Softcover

Jefferies, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1493651722 ISBN 13: 9781493651726

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

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Reseña del editor:

Jefferies' novel, ‘After London’ (1885), 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 book has two parts. The first, "The Relapse into Barbarism", is the account by some later historian of the fall of civilization and its consequences, with a loving description of nature reclaiming England: fields becoming overrun by forest, domesticated animals running wild, roads and towns becoming overgrown, the hated London reverting to lake and poisonous swampland. The second part, 'Wild England', is largely a straightforward adventure set many years later in the wild landscape and society (here too Jefferies was setting an example for the genre); but the opening section, despite some improbabilities, has been much admired for its rigour and compelling narrative. Check out our other books at www.dogstailbooks.co.uk

Biografía del autor:

John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the background to all his major works of fiction. For all that, these show a remarkable diversity, including ‘Bevis’ (1882), a classic children's book, and ‘After London’ (1885), an early work of science fiction.

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1493651722
• ISBN 13: 9781493651726
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Herausgeber: Jonson Will