The Scarlet Plague

The Scarlet Plague, written by Jack London was first published in 1912. it is one of the first examples of a postapocalyptic fiction novel in contemporary literature. The narrative is set in a damaged and wild America in 2073, sixty years after the Red Death, an uncontrolled pandemic that depopulated and nearly destroyed the globe in 2013. James Howard Smith, alias "Granser," one of the few survivors, explains to his disbelieving and near-savage grandchildren how the virus spread over the world and how people reacted to disease and death. As his time on Earth becomes shorter, he seeks to instil in his grandsons the importance of wisdom from a world left behind.

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E-bog: 1. november 2026