The Last Man by Mary Shelley

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by Mary Shelley

Science Fiction Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction Romantic Human nature Loneliness Social collapse Disease and decay Hope

PAGES
411
ESTIMATED TIME
14 hours 44 minutes
PACE
Intermediate
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED
1826
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
English
DOWNLOADS
2466

The Last Man is a science fiction novel written by Mary Shelley and originally published in 1826. The plot describes a futuristic world that has been desolated by a plague.

Lionel is a young man distressed by the injustice he suffers in his life. He is uneducated and poor, and he is desperate. He is eager to get revenge on what he considers to be the cause of his troubles.

Despite being the son of a nobleman, his father fell from grace due to gambling problems and was expelled from court. Although he sends a letter to the King to take care of his children, the King ignores him and the children grow up as orphans.

However, a noble landowner appears in his life, who manages to appease Lionel's anger against the world. This man is goodness incarnate, the romantic hero, who teaches Lionel to read, to love and to live.

The novel describes a Earth at the time of the late 21st Century, asolated by a new pandemic of the bubonic plague which quickly sweeps across the world.

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The Last Man by Mary Shelley is believed to be in the public domain in the United States only. It may still be copyrighted in other countries. If you are not in the United States, please check your local laws to ensure this eBook is in the public domain in your country before downloading The Last Man in PDF or ePub.

WHY READ THE LAST MAN IN 2025?

199 years later, still timely

Before apocalypse became a genre, Shelley wrote a pandemic epic about love, leadership, and loss. The scale is vast; the grief is intimate.

TODAY'S CONNECTION

After recent years, its questions feel newly clear: how do communities hold, who should guide, and what stories help us endure when maps fail?

Speculation with soul

Science meets sorrow.

Care in crisis

Mutual aid as meaning.

Lead or leave

Character under pressure.

Perfect for

Readers interested in early science fiction Fans of romantic literature Those interested in dystopian narratives

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About Mary Shelley

A pioneering imagination about creation, care, and responsibility in the age of making life.

We have 9 books by Mary Shelley in the AliceAndBooks library

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