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Violence
Some
Moderate; the violence of plague and its aftermath
Language
None
No strong language; formal 19th-century prose
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Significant; existential grief and the psychological weight of being the last person alive
What this book is about
Mary Shelley's 1826 novel — her second-greatest work — imagines a 21st-century Britain devastated by a global plague, narrated by the final surviving human. Written after the deaths of Percy Shelley and other intimate companions, The Last Man is haunted by real grief, and its portrait of a world emptying is both scientifically imaginative and emotionally devastating.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Apocalyptic themes
Grief and loss throughout
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