The Last Man
2nd Edition
Published on 1. May 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
346 pages
978-0-8032-9350-2 (ISBN)
Description
Taken from an ancient text found abandoned in a cave, The Last Man ends in 2100, "the last year of the world." A devastating worldwide plague has annihilated all of humanity except for one man, who chronicles the world's demise. This novel of apocalyptic horror, originally published in 1826, was rejected in its time and was out of print from 1833 to 1965, when the first Bison Books edition appeared.
Reviews / Votes
"The Last Man created an entirely new genre, compounded of the domestic romance, the Gothic extravaganza, and the sociological novel. . . . [Mary Shelley's] most interesting, if not her most consummate work."-Muriel Spark "An absorbing roman a clef, [it] develops one of the major themes of romantic art, that of spiritual isolation, and . . . treats it in a unique way."-The Year's Work in English Studies "A fascinating . . . novel-romance on a timely subject."-Studies in English LiteratureMore details
Series
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Nebraska
United States
Publishing group
University of Nebraska Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8032-9350-2 (9780803293502)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Mary Shelley | Hugh J. Luke
The Last Man
Book
01/1993
University of Nebraska Press
€34.86
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