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After London, or Wild England
Richard Jefferies
Book Overview:
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 civilization 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.
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 civilization 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.
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The parchments contained his annotations, and the result of his thought; they were also full of extracts from decaying volumes lying totally neglected in the houses of other nobles. Most of these were of extreme antiquity, for when the ancients departed, the modern books which they had composed being left in the decaying houses at the mercy of the weather, rotted, or were destroyed by the frequent grass fires. But those that had been pre. . . Read More
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El mayor acierto de este autor tan poco conocido es haberse dedicado a la ficción especulativa apocalíptica en un momento en el que nadie más lo hacía. Imaginar en pleno siglo XIX un cataclismo a escala planetaria que consiguiera destruir Londres y que hiciera que la pujante Inglaterra victoriana re
Realmente no estoy muy decidida entre 3 o 4 estrellas. Encuentro que tiene valor como ecotopía, pero me da la sensación de que le falta un hervor.
Tiene dos partes muy bien diferenciadas. La primera narra qué le pasó a Inglaterra tras alguna clase de cataclismo que la dejó sumida de nuevo en la Edad
After London is made up of two distinct parts. First is "The Relapse into Barbarism", which describes the decline of civilization, but more importantly the recovery of nature, after an unspecified disaster. This section draws heavily on Jefferies background as a nature writer, and is essentially a d
Изключително добре написана постапокалиптична книга, особено като се има предвид годината на издаването ѝ. Джефрис не задълбава в причините за апокалипсиса, но има намеци за пандемия в началото, както и такива за климатични изменения, заради напредващата по негово време индустриализация, към края. В
Described by the Observer as a strong candidate for the most beautiful of all Victorian novels, the fact of Jeffries being a nature writer shines through both in his scientific description of post apocalyptic England and the descriptions of the hero's voyages which teem with detail about the birds a
2 - 2.5 stars
I would classify Richard Jefferies’ _After London_ as part of a somewhat obscure subset of post-apocalyptic fiction I like to call ‘post-apocalyptic pastoral’ along with books like Edgar Pangborn’s Davy, Richard Cowper’s The Road to Corlay, and John Crowley’s Engine Summer. Unlike the n
"Il semble pourtant que Richard Jefferies ait herité de son père l'amour de la nature, des bons livres, de la pêche, de la chasse, et que tous ses goûts l´empecherent d´embrasser de métier de fermier. L'insuccès de son père comme agriculteur prévint sans aucun doute Richard contre cette vie, et ce f