World's End: A Story in Three Books

By Richard Jefferies

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

In a world where ambition and poverty clash, a city rises from a water-rat's burrow, sparking conflict between a miserly farmer, his sons, and the local villagers.

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Literature Fiction

Released

2011-08-14

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Summary

"World's End: A Story in Three Books" by Richard Jefferies is a late 19th-century novel exploring society and ambition through the growth of a city and its people. The story centers on Stirmingham, a city that oddly starts with a water-rat, and follows characters wrestling between being poor and their want for wealth and position. The story begins showing how Stirmingham went from a swamp created by a water-rat to a lively city. The readers meet Mr. Sibbold, a stingy farmer, his two sons, and the swamp basket-makers, setting up conflict over land and resources. As Old Sibbold tries to get back what he thinks is his, the relationship between the townspeople and settlers becomes tangled, foreshadowing conflict and potential crimes.