from unclebob53703

This book was of interest to me because I read and collect post-apocalypse fiction. The first part of the book is a study of what has happened in nature as a result of the fall of mankind, and while some of it is interesting, it quickly becomes monotonous hearing about the three kinds of wild dog...

from BMorrisAllen

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 ...

from rrainer

It's really interesting comparing this to modern post-apocalyptic literature, particularly in the depiction of the post-apocalyptic world and in the things it things it concerns itself with. It's idyllic in a way, an England returned to its natural state-for the most part there is nothing to 'cle...

from bzedan

Loved the story, which felt like a medieval fantasy at times, though it's set post-apocalypse of some kind. It's one of the "England is the cheese that stands alone" kind of stories. The upper class just leaves the country, leaving the less educated (in sciences and things) and those who can't af...

from karl.steel

note I haven't finished the medievalist narrative of Part II, but I imagine it'd be wonderful to teach. Part I, Victorian lit of collapse, nature writing, and the imagining of a return of a nasty feudal society: would teach beautifully. Basically 'After Man' but done in 1880s.