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The Last Man

Mary Shelley · 1826 · Novel

Setting: 1826

Synopsis

Mary Shelley, the author of [*Frankenstein*][1], wrote the apocalyptic novel The Last Man in 1826. Its first person narrative tells the story of our world standing at the end of the twenty-first century and - after the devastating effects of a plague - at the end of humanity. In the book Shelley writes of weaving this story from a discovery of prophetic writings uncovered in a cave near Naples. The Last Man was made into a 2008 film.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: FictionPlagueTwenty-first centuryEnd of the worldBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, fantasy, generalFiction, science fiction, generalEnglish literatureTwenty-first century -- FictionEnd of the world -- Fiction

isfdb_id: 14990

openlibrary_id: OL450124W

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