Goslings

Naturally, a book written in 1913 about a future where most of the world's men die out and the women have to figure out how to survive without them, is going to feel out of step with the world we now know, and the vocabulary and phrases in it will often seem archaic or stilted. However, if you can g......more

I wasn't expecting the antisemitism, but perhaps I should have been. On the other hand, I'm not sure how I could have anticipated the inexplicable hostility towards hats. Having been in the sun both with and without a hat, I can assure J.D. Beresford that they really do keep the sun off, it's not ju......more

Published in 1913, Goslings explores what happens when an extraordinary plague that kills mostly men wipes out the population of England. The novel follows a few 'typical' characters from before the plague strikes, through the initial days, and on until a year after. It's clear from the tone of the......more

This book is probably better known as A World of Women, but this is its original 1913 title as transcribed by Project Gutenberg. It's an interesting thought experiment about what would happen if a worldwide pandemic killed most of the population. Well, to be accurate, it kills most men and a much les......more

A fun read in its own right, but its historical value gave it an extra zest of nerd-appeal for me. And in truth, it has many awkward moments that I would've judged more harshly had it not been about a hundred years old-- mostly weird sexism, but eugenics is also mentioned with a creepifyingly sympat......more