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The Scarlet Plague [Classic Tales Edition]
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Narrated by:
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B.J. Harrison
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By:
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Jack London
Twelve billionaires rule the United States, while those called freemen are forced to serve the rich. But that was 60 years ago, before the Scarlet Plague. In this post-apocalyptic novella, a ragged and tattered old man tells his progeny of what life was like before The Scarlet Plague appeared - and wiped out civilization as they knew it.
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