The last man
(Book)
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Published
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2006].
ISBN
9780803293502, 080329350X
Lexile measure
1210L
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin Park Library District - Adult Fiction | FIC SHELLEY, MAR | On Shelf |
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Published
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2006].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xi, 344 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780803293502, 080329350X
Lexile measure
1210
Notes
General Note
"A Bison book."
Description
Best remembered as the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley wrote The Last Man eight years later, on returning to England from Italy after her husband Percy's death. It is the twenty-first century, and England is a republic governed by a ruling elite, one of whom, Adrian, Earl of Windsor, has introduced a Cumbrian boy to the circle. This outsider, Lionel Verney, narrates the story, a tale of complicated, tragic love, and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague. The Last Man also functions as an intriguing roman-a-clef, for the saintly Adrian is a monument to Percy Bysshe Shelley, and his friend Lord Raymond is a portrait of Byron. The novel offers a vision of the future that expresses a reaction against Romanticism, as Shelley demonstrates the failure of the imagination and of art to redeem her doomed characters.
Target Audience
1210L,Lexile
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Shelley, M. W., & Luke, H. J. (2006). The last man . University of Nebraska Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 and Hugh J. Luke. 2006. The Last Man. University of Nebraska Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 and Hugh J. Luke. The Last Man University of Nebraska Press, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Hugh J. Luke. The Last Man University of Nebraska Press, 2006.
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