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Mary Shelley’s 1826 Novel, Revised and Edited for Modern Readers

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(9) Chapter 4/2 cont.

Reunions in Scotland end in recovery. Adrian salutes creation and resolves to live for others.

Posted byNostalgistudioJune 27, 2021June 27, 2021Posted inVolume ILeave a comment on (9) Chapter 4/2 cont.

(8) Chapter 4/2.

Lord Raymond shows what he will do for love of Lionel’s teenaged sister.

Posted byNostalgistudioJune 20, 2021June 27, 2021Posted inVolume ILeave a comment on (8) Chapter 4/2.

(7) Chapter 4/1 cont.

With Adrian mad from heartbreak and secluded in Scotland, the crown that might have been his gets closer to Lord Raymond’s head.

Posted byNostalgistudioJune 14, 2021September 24, 2021Posted inVolume ILeave a comment on (7) Chapter 4/1 cont.

(6) Chapter 4/1.

At Perdita’s cottage in Windsor Forest, Lionel meets Lord Raymond and the beauteous Idris, his destined bride.

Posted byNostalgistudioJune 10, 2021June 14, 2021Posted inVolume ILeave a comment on (6) Chapter 4/1.

(5) Chapter 3.

An insignificant posting to the embassy in Vienna begins (and ends) Lionel’s professional life; back in England, a new character rises—Lord Raymond.

Posted byNostalgistudioJune 5, 2021February 9, 2022Posted inVolume ILeave a comment on (5) Chapter 3.

(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.

Posted byNostalgistudioJune 3, 2021June 5, 2021Posted inVolume ILeave a comment on (4) Chapter 2 cont.

(3) Chapter 2.

Adrian, the son of Britain’s former king, enters the siblings’ sheltered lives.

Posted byNostalgistudioJune 2, 2021June 5, 2021Posted inVolume ILeave a comment on (3) Chapter 2.

(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.

Posted byNostalgistudioMay 30, 2021June 6, 2021Posted inVolume ILeave a comment on (2) Chapter I.

(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.

Posted byNostalgistudioMay 30, 2021June 27, 2021Posted inVolume ILeave a comment on (1) Introduction

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