World's End

'World's End' is a story by Richard Jeffries that is set in the mighty city of Stirmingham, which owes its existence to a water-rat. Stirmingham has a population of half a million, and is the workshop of the earth. It is a proud city, and its press-men have traced its origin back into the dim vista of the past, far before Alfred the Great's time, somewhere in the days of those monarchs who came from Troy, and whose deeds Holinshed so minutely chronicles. As we dive into the world of Stirmingham, we shall meet our two leads heading into the city – the husband and wife, Aymer Malet and Violet Waldron.