A futuristic story of tragic love and of the gradual extermination of the human race by plague, The Last Man is Mary Shelley’s most important novel after Frankenstein. With intriguing portraits of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron, the novel offers a vision of the future that expresses a reaction against Romanticism, and demonstrates the failure of the imagination and of art to redeem the doomed characters.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World’s Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford’s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Author: Mary Shelley
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/15/2008
Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
Pages: 512
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780199552351
Language: English
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