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The narrative opens with a parable-like origin of an industrial city traced to a fallen willow and a water-rat, then unfolds in three parts that move from factual account to portraits of people and finally to outcomes. It contrasts the encroachment of mills and commerce on a fragile rural landscape with close, often ironic observations of townsfolk and migrants. Through episodic scenes and character sketches it examines social change, ambition, and the human costs of progress, while recurring natural imagery emphasizes transience and the reshaping of environment and community.

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Title: World's End: A Story in Three Books

Author: Richard Jefferies

Release date: August 14, 2011 [eBook #37079]
Most recently updated: August 6, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Nick Hodson

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World’s End

by Richard Jefferies

A Story in Three Books


Contents

Book I. Facts
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15

Book II. Persons
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15

Book III. Results
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14