The Last Man
$31.75
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2023
Summary
One of the first dystopian novels ever written, The Last Man traces the impact of an unstoppable pandemic as it slowly overtakes the world.
Beginning in the year 2073, the story follows Lionel Vesey - the titular last man - and his circle of friends as the disease creeps from continent to continent and erodes the foundations of civilisation.
Published in 1826, after the death of Shelley’s husband, her stepsister, and her two children, The Last Man is both an …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781454948131 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1454948132 |
| Author: | Mary Shelley |
| Publisher: | Union Square & Co. |
| Imprint: | Union Square & Co. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 600g |
| Dimensions: | 136mm x 208mm x 32mm |
| Series: | Rediscovered Classics |
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About The Author
Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley (1797–1851) was the author of five novels and numerous works of short fiction, though she is best known for Frankenstein. The daughter of feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Shelley was steeped in the progressive ideas of the early-19th-century British Romantic era.
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