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Mary shelleys third published novel, the last man, is a disillusioned vision of the end of civilization, set in the twentyfirst century. Faulker is published in 1837 on february 1, 1851, mary shelley. Best remembered as the author of frankenstein, mary shelley wrote the last man eight years later, on returning to england from italy after her husbands death. This work may need to be standardized using wikisources style guidelines. Poems of percy bysshe shelley a collection of poems by shelley s husband available online. The last man by mary wollstonecraft shelley project gutenberg. Matilda text of shelley s posthumously published novella. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. According to mary shellys words, the same night she saw a scientist bent over evil creation download book frankenstein.
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