The Scarlet Plague: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Scarlet Plague is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for London, Jack (1876–1916).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Scarlet Plague" by Jack London is a post-apocalyptic novel published in 1912. Set in 2073, sixty years after a devastating epidemic has nearly wiped out humanity, an elderly survivor travels with his primitive grandsons through the ruins of San Francisco. He recounts memories of civilization before the Red Death struck—a world of technology, knowledge, and social order—but struggles to make his grandsons understand a past that seems impossibly distant and unbelievable to them.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Scarlet Plague
- Author credits: London, Jack (1876–1916)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- End of the world -- Fiction
- Epidemics -- Fiction
- Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction
- Science fiction
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- Category: American Literature
- Category: Novels
- Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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