Mary Shelleyโs 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.
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With semibiographical characters drawn from Shelleyโs 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 Manโs themes of destruction resonate as much now as they did nearly two hundred years ago.
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