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Taken from an ancient text found abandoned in a cave, this work ends in 2100, the last year of the world. A devastating worldwide plague has annihilated all of humanity except for one man, who chronicles the world's demise. This is a novel of apocalyptic horror.

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“The Last Man created an entirely new genre, compounded of the domestic romance, the Gothic extravaganza, and the sociological novel. . . . [Mary Shelley's] most interesting, if not her most consummate work.”—Muriel Spark
“An absorbing roman à clef, [it] develops one of the major themes of romantic art, that of spiritual isolation, and . . . treats it in a unique way.”—The Year's Work in English Studies
“A fascinating . . . novel-romance on a timely subject.”—Studies in English Literature

The Last Man

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    A Paperback / softback by Mary Shelley, Hugh J. Luke, Judith Tarr

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      Publisher Bison Books
      Published 1 May 2006
      ISBN-13 9780803293502
      978-0803293502
      ISBN-10 080329350X
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      Books by Mary Shelley

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Taken from an ancient text found abandoned in a cave, this work ends in 2100, the last year of the world. A devastating worldwide plague has annihilated all of humanity except for one man, who chronicles the world's demise. This is a novel of apocalyptic horror.

      Trade Review
      “The Last Man created an entirely new genre, compounded of the domestic romance, the Gothic extravaganza, and the sociological novel. . . . [Mary Shelley's] most interesting, if not her most consummate work.”—Muriel Spark
      “An absorbing roman à clef, [it] develops one of the major themes of romantic art, that of spiritual isolation, and . . . treats it in a unique way.”—The Year's Work in English Studies
      “A fascinating . . . novel-romance on a timely subject.”—Studies in English Literature

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