The last man
(2011)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States]: Neeland Media LLC, 2011
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781420908954 (electronic bk.) MWT11932736, 1420908952 (electronic bk.) 11932736
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Narrated by Matt Bates and Anna Bentinck
"The Last Man," reflects Shelley's fears about civilization and the shortcomings of human behavior. The narrator discovers a prophetic manuscript, written in 2100 by the last survivor of a twenty-first century apocalypse, which recounts how a deadly plague spread throughout Europe and the world. The scribe, Lionel Verney, describes a world that is both fantasy, and a reflection of Shelley's reality. She used this novel to scrutinize the machinations of politics and philosophy, and reflect upon pitfalls of human behavior - selfishness, brutality, pride - that she saw in the world around her
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