The Scarlet Plague - Jack London - Books - Createspace Independent Publishing Platf - 9781536954319 - August 7, 2016
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The Scarlet Plague

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Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- The Scarlet Plague is one of the first post-apocalyptic fiction novella. It was written by Jack London. The story takes place in 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic, the Red Death, has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few survivors of the pre-plague era left alive in the San Francisco area, and as he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons. The grandchildren are basically savages, having been raised with little knowledge of the previous world. But his efforts are in vain, for they live the primeval life of hunter-gatherers and ridicule his recollections of the past, which sound totally unbelievable to them. Jack London's vision of a century hence (now our present) is in some ways prescient in that he foresees the inevitable evolution of capitalism toward a system in which the gap between the haves and have-nots has become an insurmountable chasm, and corporations quite literally rule the world through the Board of Magnates. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy!

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 7, 2016
ISBN13 9781536954319
Publishers Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages 60
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 3 mm   ·   95 g
Language English  

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