The Last Man

by Mary Shelley · 1826

In the late 21st century, a plague annihilates humanity, leaving one survivor to wander an emptied world.

Books mentioned in The Last Man (12)

• Sonnets by William Shakespeare: “[2] Shakspeare's Sonnets.”
• Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron: “[1] Lord Byron's Fourth Canto of Childe Harolde.”
• Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke: “[5] Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution.”
• The Cenci by Percy Bysshe Shelley: “[14] The Cenci”
• The Bride's Tragedy by Thomas Lovell Beddoes: “[15] The Brides' Tragedy, by T. [Beddoes]”
• Solomon by Matthew Prior: “[17] Prior's “Solomon.””
• Poems by John Cleveland: “[18] Cleveland's Poems.”
• Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare: “[22] Shakespeare—Julius Cæsar.”
• The Shield of Hercules by Hesiod: “[23] Elton's Translation of Hesiod's “Shield of Hercules.””
• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: “I compared myself to that monarch of the waste—Robinson Crusoe.”
• Arthur Mervyn by Charles Brockden Brown: “the masterly delineations of the author of Arthur Mervyn.”
• The Italian by Ann Radcliffe: “the dark monk, and floating figures of “The Italian””