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A honeymoon in space

The Last Man is an apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The novel was harshly reviewed at the time, and was virtually unknown until a scholarly revival beginning in the 1960s. It is notable in part for its semi-biographical portraits of Romantic figures in Shelley's circle, particularly Shelley's late husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. In the book, Mary Shelley claims that in 1818 she discovered, in the Sibyl's cave near Naples, a collection of prophetic writings paint.

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  • "The Last Man is an apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The novel was harshly reviewed at the time, and was virtually unknown until a scholarly revival beginning in the 1960s. It is notable in part for its semi-biographical portraits of Romantic figures in Shelley's circle, particularly Shelley's late husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. In the book, Mary Shelley claims that in 1818 she discovered, in the Sibyl's cave near Naples, a collection of prophetic writings paint."@en
  • "This apocalyptic novel is about the future after the world has been devastated by a plague. Mary Shelley based several of the characters off real figures in her life, including her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and her friend, Lord Byron. This is the final book in a three-volume set."@en
  • "It is the twenty-first century, and England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom, Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates, a tale of complicated, tragic love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague."
  • "It is the twenty-first century, and England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom, Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates a tale of complicated, tragic love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague.--From publisher's description."@en
  • "It is the twenty-first century, and England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom, Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates, a tale of complicated, tragic love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague.--From publisher's description."
  • "It is the twenty-first century, and England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom, Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates, a tale of complicated, tragic love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague.--From publisher's description."@en
  • "Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, often known as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, travel writer, and editor of the works of her husband, Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. She was the daughter of the political philosopher William Godwin and the writer, philosopher, and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary Shelley was taken seriously as a writer in her own lifetime, though reviewers often missed the political edge to her."@en
  • "Met als elementen een berooide en wraakzuchtige aristocraat, twee Britse koningskinderen en de oprukkende pest vormt zich een web van noodlottige verwikkelingen."
  • "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."@en
  • "Born in 1797, Mary Shelley's mother died when she was only 11 days old. Mary was then raised by her Father, who remarried when she was four, and thereafter the young Mary had a liberal but informal upbringing. At 17 she began the relationship with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley which was the bedrock of her life; although society viewed the unmarrieds somewhat differently. It was in this relationship that she nurtured and edited Shelley's verse and wrote, at 21, her signature work "Frankenstein" for which she is so well known. Her husband drowned when she was 25 which added further to the earlier loss of 3 of her 4 children. Beset with such great tragedy her life remained to be fulfilled but, at only 53, a brain tumour was to take her own life. However she left behind a wonderful collection of works of which The Last Man is a rich and textured part."@en
  • "|The last man! I may well describe that solitary being's feelings, feeling myself as the last relic of a beloved race, my companions extinct before me.' Mary Shelley, Journal (May 1824). Best remembered as the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley wrote The Last Man eight years later, on returning to England from Italy after her husband's death. It is the twenty-first century, and England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom, Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates the story, a tale of complicated, tragic love."@en
  • "Shelley's 1826 novel concerns a plague that nearly destroys mankind in a future ending in 2100."
  • "From the author of Frankenstein comes this apocalyptic tale of a world devastated by plague. Mary Shelley's 1826 roman à clef takes place in the late twenty-first century, as England's last king abdicates and a charmed circle of idealistic political reformers plunges into a maelstrom of war, pestilence, and anarchy. Shelley wrote this gripping novel after the untimely deaths of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and their comrade, Lord Byron. She modeled a pair of characters on the charismatic poets and based the narratorthe sole survivor of a pandemicon her own persona. This parable of humanity's destruction by plague is widely regarded as a repudiation of Romanticism and its failure to solve the world's problems through art and philosophy. It reflects the ways utopian ideals, unchecked by moral and ethical standards, can shatter society. Misunderstood by nineteenth-century readers, Shelley's visionary novel disappeared for over a century, only to reemerge to critical acclaim as a precursor of science fiction and a forerunner of modern apocalyptic tales. Novelist Muriel Spark hailed it as the harbinger of an entirely new genre, compounded of the domestic romance, the Gothic extravaganza, and the sociological novel, and pronounced it Shelley's most interesting, if not her consummate work."
  • "Best remembered as the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley wrote The Last Man eight years later, on returning to England from Italy after her husband Percy's death. It is the twenty-first century, and England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom, Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates the story, a tale of complicated, tragic love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague. The Last Man also functions as an intriguing roman-a-clef, for the saintly Adrian is a monument to Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his friend Lord Raymond is a portrait of Byron. The novel offers a vision of the future that expresses a reaction against Romanticism, as Shelley demonstrates the failure of the imagination and of art to redeem her doomed characters."
  • "Best remembered as the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley wrote The Last Man eight years later, on returning to England from Italy after her husband Percy's death. It is the twenty-first century, and England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom, Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates the story, a tale of complicated, tragic love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague. The Last Man also functions as an intriguing roman-a-clef, for the saintly Adrian is a monument to Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his friend Lord Raymond is a portrait of Byron. The novel offers a vision of the future that expresses a reaction against Romanticism, as Shelley demonstrates the failure of the imagination and of art to redeem her doomed characters."@en
  • "Includes HTML, ASCII, and SGML versions of the 1826 1st ed., other works by Mary Shelley, works and excerpts from works cited by Shelley, bibliography, maps, images and sound files, critical essays, contemporary works on plague, notes."@en
  • "Huit ans après ##Frankenstein## (1818), l'épouse de Shelley compose ce gros roman d'anticipation: la peste détruit toute humanité et il ne reste que l'intitulé. Longueur et longueurs alourdissent ce roman gothique."
  • "The Last Man ends in 2100,"the last year of the world."A devastating plaque has wiped out humanity except for one man."

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  • "Science fiction"
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  • "Apocalyptic fantasies"
  • "Apocalyptic fantasies"@en
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Fantasy fiction"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Marbled papers (Paper)"@en
  • "Dystopias"@en
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  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Text"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Apocalyptic literature"
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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "English literature"@en

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  • "The last Man"
  • "Ch'oehu ŭi in'gan : Meri Syelli changp'yŏn sosŏl"
  • "El Último hombre"
  • "The Last man"
  • "A honeymoon in space"@en
  • "The Last Man. By the author of Frankenstein [i.e. Mary W. Shelley] ... Second edition"@en
  • "Last Man"@en
  • "Last Man"
  • "The last man"
  • "The last man"@en
  • "El último hombre"@es
  • "The Last Man. By the author of Frankenstein [M.W. Shelley]"@en
  • "Last man"
  • "Last man"@en
  • "최후 의 인간 : 메리 [Syel]리 장편 소설"
  • "The Last Man"@en
  • "Le dernier homme / Mary Shelley ; trad. de l'anglais par Paul Couturiau"
  • "The last man : with an introduction"
  • "Le Dernier homme"
  • "Verney, der letzte Mensch : d. Autorin von "Frankenstein" erzählt d. Untergang d. Menschheit"
  • "The last man / ed ; with an introduction by Hugh J. Luke Jr"
  • "The last man. Edited with an introduction by Hugh J. Luke, Jr"@en
  • "Le dernier homme"
  • "L'ultimo uomo"
  • "L'ultimo uomo"@it

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