The Scarlet Plague (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781163262368)

The Scarlet Plague is a post-apocalyptic novel written by the American author Jack London. The story is set in the year 2073, sixty years after a deadly plague has wiped out most of the world's population. The protagonist of the story is an old man named James Howard Smith, who was one of the few survivors of the plague. He tells the story of his life before the plague and how he survived the epidemic.Before the plague, James Howard Smith was a professor of English literature at the University of California. He had a wife and two children, but they all died in the epidemic. After the plague, he became a wanderer, traveling through the ruins of civilization and encountering various groups of survivors, some of whom had formed new societies.The novel is a commentary on the fragility of civilization and the destructive power of disease. It also explores the theme of the survival of the fittest, as the survivors are forced to adapt to a new, harsher world. The Scarlet Plague is a haunting and thought-provoking novel that offers a bleak vision of the future and a warning about the dangers of complacency and arrogance.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Jack London
ISBN-10: 1163262366
ISBN-13: 9781163262368
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d