After London or Wild England by Richard Jefferies - 2007-01-01

Oxford University Press, USA, 1982. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1982. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press. Used - Good. Good condition. (post-apocalyptic fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

IDB Productions, 2016-01-01. MP3 CD. New. This item is a brand new factory sealed MP3 disc supplied in a DVD case

MP3 Audio CD. After London, or Wild England Part I The Relapse into Barbarism CHAPTER I THE GREAT FOREST The old men say their fathers told them that soon after the fields were left to themselves a change began to be visible. It became green everywhere in the first spring, after London ended, so that all the country looked alike. The meadows were green, and so was the rising wheat which had been sown, but which neither had nor would receive any further care. Such arable fields as had not been sown, but where the last stubble had been ploughed up, were overrun with couch-grass, and where the short stubble had not been ploughed, the weeds hid it. So that there was no place which was not more or less green; the footpaths were the greenest of all, for such is the nature of grass where it has once been trodden on, and by-and-by, as the summer came on, the former roads were thinly covered with the grass that had spread out from the margin. In the autumn, as the meadows were not mown, the grass… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. After London, Or Wild England is one of the first post-apocalyptic novels in existence, its historic and symbolic value being quite well-known among the critics and experts of the English literary circles. The book is written by Richard Jefferies, one of the most skilled and distinguished English nature writers, whose ability to describe the beauty of the natural world is matched by very few other authors.The book describes England after an obscure, unknown catastrophe that causes the population to reduce drastically and reverts the countryside to a wild, untamed natural world. One of the survivors, a young man by the name of Felix, sets out on an adventure to explore this strange land on his own,and offer us some invaluable insight on its unusual development.As Felix progresses through his journey, we learn that the countryside has turned into a wild and dangerous environment, and domesticated animals like dogs and pigs have reverted to their wild sides as well. Jefferies presents a… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. After London, Or Wild England is one of the first post-apocalyptic novels in existence, its historic and symbolic value being quite well-known among the critics and experts of the English literary circles. The book is written by Richard Jefferies, one of the most skilled and distinguished English nature writers, whose ability to describe the beauty of the natural world is matched by very few other authors.The book describes England after an obscure, unknown catastrophe that causes the population to reduce drastically and reverts the countryside to a wild, untamed natural world. One of the survivors, a young man by the name of Felix, sets out on an adventure to explore this strange land on his own,and offer us some invaluable insight on its unusual development.As Felix progresses through his journey, we learn that the countryside has turned into a wild and dangerous environment, and domesticated animals like dogs and pigs have reverted to their wild sides as well. Jefferies presents a… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. After London, or Wild England Part I The Relapse into Barbarism CHAPTER I THE GREAT FOREST The old men say their fathers told them that soon after the fields were left to themselves a change began to be visible. It became green everywhere in the first spring, after London ended, so that all the country looked alike. The meadows were green, and so was the rising wheat which had been sown, but which neither had nor would receive any further care. Such arable fields as had not been sown, but where the last stubble had been ploughed up, were overrun with couch-grass, and where the short stubble had not been ploughed, the weeds hid it. So that there was no place which was not more or less green; the footpaths were the greenest of all, for such is the nature of grass where it has once been trodden on, and by-and-by, as the summer came on, the former roads were thinly covered with the grass that had spread out from the margin. In the autumn, as the meadows were not mown, the grass… Read More

Duckworth, 1929. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1929. 311 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

London: Duckworth. The New Readers Library. 1st thus (1929). 311pp. Original blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. GOOD copy, binding square and tight, covers a little rubbed and grubby with some marking, spine sunned, pages tanned, no dust jacket . Good. Hardcover. 1929.