A review by dansumption
After London: or, Wild England by Richard Jefferies

3.0

After London, a post-apocalyptic novel written in 1885, begins with a long description of how the English countryside reasserts itself, and subsequently evolves, following the unspecified disaster that has befallen England's cities and driven out most of its human population. There follows a rather mundane story of Sir Felix, a nobleman in the feudalistic society that arises following the fall. In the final part of the book Sir Felix goes questing, and the pace of the story picks up a little, as well as touching some more on the nature of the apocalypse.

As a story, it's nothing very special, but I really enjoyed Jefferies' descriptions of nature, and of the prolific bird, tree and plant-life in this new England.