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The Last Man.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newburyport : Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (726 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781504005913
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Last ManOnline resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- VOL. I. -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CHAPTER III. -- CHAPTER IV. -- CHAPTER V. -- CHAPTER VI. -- CHAPTER VII. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- CHAPTER IX. -- CHAPTER X. -- CHAPTER XI. -- VOL. II. -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CHAPTER III. -- CHAPTER IV. -- CHAPTER V. -- CHAPTER VI. -- CHAPTER VII. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- CHAPTER IX. -- VOL. III. -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CHAPTER III. -- CHAPTER IV. -- CHAPTER V. -- CHAPTER VI. -- CHAPTER VII. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- CHAPTER IX. -- CHAPTER X. -- Copyright.
Summary: Mary Shelley's astounding look at the end of the world Set at the end of the twenty-first century, The Last Man is a moving and fantastical account of the apocalypse. Faced with a populace clamoring for more democratic rule, the last king of England relinquishes his throne. Suddenly a mysterious plague sweeps the globe, drawing ever nearer to England. As war, disease, and death ravage humanity, ideals of fairness and love are quickly supplanted by the imperative of survival.   With semibiographical characters drawn from Shelley's own inner circle of friends and colleagues, this book is at once a look at the end of mankind and a critique of Romanticism. The Last Man's themes of destruction resonate as much now as they did nearly two hundred years ago.   This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
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Mary Shelley's astounding look at the end of the world

Set at the end of the twenty-first century, The Last Man is a moving and fantastical account of the apocalypse. Faced with a populace clamoring for more democratic rule, the last king of England relinquishes his throne. Suddenly a mysterious plague sweeps the globe, drawing ever nearer to England. As war, disease, and death ravage humanity, ideals of fairness and love are quickly supplanted by the imperative of survival.

With semibiographical characters drawn from Shelley's own inner circle of friends and colleagues, this book is at once a look at the end of mankind and a critique of Romanticism. The Last Man 's themes of destruction resonate as much now as they did nearly two hundred years ago.

This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

Cover -- Title Page -- VOL. I. -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CHAPTER III. -- CHAPTER IV. -- CHAPTER V. -- CHAPTER VI. -- CHAPTER VII. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- CHAPTER IX. -- CHAPTER X. -- CHAPTER XI. -- VOL. II. -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CHAPTER III. -- CHAPTER IV. -- CHAPTER V. -- CHAPTER VI. -- CHAPTER VII. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- CHAPTER IX. -- VOL. III. -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CHAPTER III. -- CHAPTER IV. -- CHAPTER V. -- CHAPTER VI. -- CHAPTER VII. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- CHAPTER IX. -- CHAPTER X. -- Copyright.

Mary Shelley's astounding look at the end of the world Set at the end of the twenty-first century, The Last Man is a moving and fantastical account of the apocalypse. Faced with a populace clamoring for more democratic rule, the last king of England relinquishes his throne. Suddenly a mysterious plague sweeps the globe, drawing ever nearer to England. As war, disease, and death ravage humanity, ideals of fairness and love are quickly supplanted by the imperative of survival.   With semibiographical characters drawn from Shelley's own inner circle of friends and colleagues, this book is at once a look at the end of mankind and a critique of Romanticism. The Last Man's themes of destruction resonate as much now as they did nearly two hundred years ago.   This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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Library Journal Review

Thanks to yet another film incarnation, 1818's Frankenstein is again a hot property and may even make the best sellers lists. These two editions mark both ends of the publishing spectrum, with Signet offering the inexpensive movie tie-in version complete with photos from the film and an afterword by Howard Bloom. The California version is the Pennroyal edition, featuring gorgeous illustrations by Barry Moser and an afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. Published in 1826 after the death of her husband and three children, The Last Man is Shelley's dark look at an apocalyptic future. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

Set in an apocalyptic future ending in the year 2100, Shelley's 1826 novel concerns a plague that destroys almost all of humankind. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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