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Item Details
| Title:
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THE LAST MAN
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| By: |
Mary Shelley |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0857756826 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780857756824 |
| Publisher: |
FLAME TREE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2013 |
| Series: |
Fantastic Fiction |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
A brilliant, early dystopian tale, 'The Last Man' is a powerful, post-apocalyptic tale and precurser to the later science fiction of H.G. Wells, George Orwell, Phillip K. Dick and Harlan Ellison amongst others. Overshadowed by the titanic success of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's neglected masterpiece tells of a future laid waste by plague. |
| Synopsis: |
A brilliant, early dystopian tale of classic science fiction. The Last Man is a powerful, post-apocalyptic tale and precurser to the much later science fiction novels of H.G. Wells, George Orwell, Phillip K. Dick and Harlan Ellison amongst others. Overshadowed by the titanic success of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's neglected masterpiece tells of a future laid waste by plague. Lionel Varney, an indolent nobleman, is immune to the savage effects of the disease having been bitten by an early victim. Varney is forced to watch the long decline of civilisation as humanity sinks slowly into extinction.FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and fantasy to science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic. Each book features a brand new biography and glossary of Literary, Gothic and Victorian terms. |
| Illustrations: |
3 Line drawings, black and white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Flame Tree 451 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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