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The Chrysalids

novel by John Wyndham

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For term in biology, see Chrysalis.

The Chrysalids (United States title: Re-Birth) is a science fiction novel by British writer John Wyndham, first published in by Michael Joseph. It is the least typical of Wyndham's major novels, but regarded by some as his best.[2][3][4] An early manuscript version was entitled Time for a Change.[5]

The novel was adapted for BBC radio by Barbara Clegg in ,[6] with a further adaptation by Jane Rogers in [7] It was also adapted for the theatre by playwright David Harrower in [8]

Plot summary

The inhabitants of post-apocalypseLabrador have vague knowledge of the "Old People", a technologically advanced civilization they believe was destroyed when God sent "Tribulation" to the world to punish their forebears' sins.

The inhabitants practise a form of fundamentalist Christianity; they believe that t The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, from Project Gutenberg Canada QIGU