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The Scarlet Plague

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An elderly survivor wanders a reclaimed wilderness and recounts how a sudden, lethal pandemic dissolved cities, technology, and social order, leaving scattered bands of people to rebuild primitive lives. Told as a framed recollection to younger companions, the narrative alternates travel episodes and episodic encounters with reflective passages that describe the disease’s rapid progress, scenes of collapse, and everyday struggles for food and safety. Themes include memory and loss, the precariousness of civilization, and human resilience, with evocative descriptions of a landscape where relics of the former world appear amid new, harsher routines.

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Title: The Scarlet Plague

Author: Jack London

Illustrator: Gordon Grant

Release date: June 29, 2007 [eBook #21970]
Most recently updated: March 28, 2023

Language: English

Credits: David Widger

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THE SCARLET PLAGUE

By Jack London

Illustrated By Gordon Grant




1915