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After London
Chapitres (33)
- Part I: The Relapse Into Barbarism: I: The Great Forest 0:00
- II: Wild Animals 19:29
- III: Men of the Woods 30:03
- IV: The Invaders 53:23
- V: The Lake 1:15:08
- Part II: Wild England: I: Sir Felix 1:36:49
- II: The House of Aquila 1:51:54
- III: The Stockade 2:09:03
- IV: The Canoe 2:24:32
- V: Baron Aquila 2:40:11
- VI: The Forest Track 2:57:01
- VII: The Forest Track Continued 3:16:34
- VIII: Thyma Castle 3:30:00
- IX: Superstitions 3:49:59
- X: The Feast 4:07:05
- XI: Aurora 4:19:54
- XII: Night in the Forest 4:31:14
- XIII: Sailing Away 4:46:48
- XIV: The Straits 5:02:18
- XV: Sailing Onwards 5:16:02
- XVI: The City 5:30:18
- XVII: The Camp 5:44:17
- XVIII: The King’s Levy 6:01:59
- XIX: Fighting 6:15:49
- XX: In Danger 6:32:13
- XXI: A Voyage 6:49:13
- XXII: Discoveries 7:07:45
- XXIII: Strange Things 7:22:06
- XXIV: Fiery Vapours 7:35:07
- XXV: The Shepherds 7:50:22
- XXVI: Bow and Arrow 8:07:20
- XXVII: Surprised 8:19:27
- XXVIII: For Aurora 8:34:31
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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 the region around the lake that has formed in the middle of the country. Wild men hide in the woods. Society has regressed to a way of life similar to the medieval age.
The novel is told in two parts. The first details what’s known of the fall of civilization, while the second part follows the son of a baron as he sets off to explore beyond the kingdom he was born into. Nature, civilization, violence, poverty, exploitation, and exploration are major themes.
Richard Jefferies wrote the novel toward the end of his life. It combines the nature writing he is traditionally known for, with a fantastical science fiction setting, making it an early example of post-apocalyptic fiction. The surreal exploration of the former site of London bears a striking resemblance to the aftermath of a nuclear explosion, decades before the atomic bomb was created.
After London was an inspiration for William Morris, who said “absurd hopes curled around my heart as I read it.” Morris would go on to reference the pastoralism present in After London in his utopian novel News From Nowhere.