Deluge: A Romance is a 1928 post-apocalyptic novel by British author S. Fowler Wright. In the novel, a series of tremors creates a global flood that destroys all civilization save for a few areas of the English Midlands that remain above water. It follows Martin Webster, a lawyer who loses his wife and children. His companion, Claire Arlington, is an athlete and one of the few women to survive the flood. Their love affair is complicated when Helen, Martin's wife, turns out not to be dead after all. It is one of the earliest examples of apocalyptic fiction; it is also classified as a scientific romance. Wright used the metaphor of the flood and the aftermath to comment critically upon 1920s British society at the time.
Adaptations (1)
Deluge was adapted into a 1933 film.
Deluge1933 · film · 70 min · dir. Felix E. Feist · IMDb ↗IMDb6.3A massive earthquake strikes the United States, which destroys the West Coast and unleashes a massive flood that threatens to destroy the East Coast as well.
