The Last Man  by Mary Shelley

First published in the year 1826, the present post-apocalyptic science fiction novel ‘The Last Man’ was written by the famous Romantic Era author Mary Shelley. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The novel was harshly reviewed at the time, and was virtually unknown until a scholarly revival beginning in the 1960s. It is notable in part for its semi-biographical portraits of Romantic figures in Shelley’s circle, particularly Shelley’s late husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.