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The story opens in 2989 and is narrated by William Purley, a student of Melbourne University. Purley embarks on a tour of Australia with some friends. They set out to visit the capital, Eyreton, and later decide to extend their adventure with a trip to the African continent and then England. In England, they visit many cities that have become greatly diminished and barely inhabited. The narrator is then transported back to London in the last years of the 19th century to see the origin of England's decline.
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The Decline and Fall of the British Empire [review]
1891
single work
review
— Appears in: The Morning Bulletin , 8 May vol. 44 no. 8584 1891; (p. 3)
— Review of The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, or, The Witch's Cavern 1890 single work novel
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The Decline and Fall of the British Empire [review]
1891
single work
review
— Appears in: The Morning Bulletin , 8 May vol. 44 no. 8584 1891; (p. 3)
— Review of The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, or, The Witch's Cavern 1890 single work novel
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cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
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- 1800-1899
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