An edition of The Last Man
(1826)
The last man
by Mary Shelley
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Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, wrote the apocalyptic novel The Last Man in 1826. Its first person narrative tells the story of our world standing at the end of the twenty-first century and - after the devastating effects of a plague - at the end of humanity. In the book Shelley writes of weaving this story from a discovery of prophetic writings uncovered in a cave near Naples. The Last Man was made into a 2008 film.
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Fiction, Plague, Twenty-first century, End of the world, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, science fiction, general, English literature, Twenty-first century -- Fiction, End of the world -- Fiction, Plague -- Fiction, Long Now Manual for CivilizationTimes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxv]-xxvi).
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| May 29, 2025 | Edited by AgentSapphire | reverted to revision 24 |
| May 28, 2025 | Edited by smeghead.h | The original description was for The Last Man by Mary Shelley, but the actual book is Finches of Mars by Brian W. Aldiss. I have updated the data to match the book |
| March 25, 2025 | Edited by Zander | Bulk tagging works |
| September 23, 2024 | Edited by Wimsey1916 | Deleted general tag |
| December 8, 2009 | Created by ImportBot | add works page |