The first post-apocalyptic novel, the first literary exploration of what the world might be like, how the survivors and their descendants might live, after civilization as we know it has ended. The novel from 1885 shows us a world that is violent and far from perfect, but still we feel the author’s sympathy for this simpler world, and his disdain for the big city whose deadly remains, a century after its demise, still poison the air, the ground, and the water. In this world full of enemies and dangers, a young man must embark on a trip into the unknown, to prove himself worthy of the girl he loves …
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