After London

Booktrack Edition

By: Richard Jeffries

Narrated by: Ruth Golding

Listen to After London with a movie-style soundtrack and amplify your audiobook experience. 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. The book is not without its flaws (notably the abrupt and unsatisfying ending) but is redeemed by the quality of the writing, particularly the unnervingly prophetic descriptions of the post-apocalyptic city and countryside.

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Unfortunately Audible has ruined this.

If you want the real thing, go to LibriVox and download there for free. The story itself is great. A far better version of an apocalyptic world than you will find in any of today’s writing. It’s the performance that ruins it. For some reason (money) they’ve taken a free version, added horrendous music and then charged you for it. Stay away from this.