The Last Man Contributor(s): Shelley, Mary W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1618955128 ISBN-13: 9781618955128 Publisher: Bibliotech Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Science Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-apocalyptic - Fiction | Classics |
Dewey: 823.7 |
Lexile Measure: 1210 |
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6" W x 9" (1.12 lbs) 346 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 - 1 February 1851) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin, and her mother was the philosopher and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. |