The 1826 novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author of Frankenstein, revised and edited for modern readers.
A visionary author’s terrifying account of a 21st-century global pandemic. Complete in all its incidents and parts, updated line-by-line. Presented in serialized form, with historical illustrations and background. A Nostalgistudio literary project by Liz Mackie.
A No-Cost Alternative
Saluting Mary Shelley and the public domain; plus links to bonus essays.
(1) Introduction
In 1818, an unnamed author pillages an archaeological site on the Bay of Naples of written artifacts—authentic Sibylline prophecies—that she’ll later transcribe.
(2) Chapter I.
Lionel Verney, the boy who will become The Last Man, grows up with his sister Perdita in the mid-21st century English Lake District’s lowest class.…
(3) Chapter 2.
Adrian, the son of Britain’s former king, enters the siblings’ sheltered lives.
(4) Chapter 2 cont.
Two more women enter the tale: the Ex-Queen, Adrian’s mother, and the Greek Princess Evadne, the one Adrian loves. (originally posted 3 June 2021)
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