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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley The Last Man and The Journal of Sorrow (Paperback). In the privacy of the diary's pages, she grapples with her overwhelming grief over the tragic losses of her young husband, three of their children, and their friend the poet Lord Byron. Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Further DetailsTitle: The Last Man and The Journal of Sorrow Condition: New Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0198892799 Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Contributor: Eileen M. Hunt (Edited by) EAN: 9780198892793 ISBN: 9780198892793 Publisher: Oxford University Press Release Date: 02/12/2026 Genre: Literary Criticism Topic: Fiction, Classic Fiction Description: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley began writing her 'Journal of Sorrow' (c.1822—6)three months after the devastating loss of her husband the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley to drowning. In the privacy of the diary's pages, she grapples with her overwhelming grief over the tragic losses of her young husband, three of their children, and their friend the poet Lord Byron. Shelley ultimately resisted a suicidal depression by throwing herself intowriting the allegorical plague novel and roman-à-clef, The Last Man(1826). Rooted in her own experiences of plagues both real and metaphorical, Shelley set The Last Man in the aftermath of a pestilential, centuries-longwar between Greece and Turkey in the late twenty-first century. The novelis an existential and political thought experiment which provokes themortal reader to contemplate the meaning of life and death in the face of the human-made disasters of war, epidemic, and species extinction. Through the ever-hopeful voice of the narrator Lionel Verney, the eponymous last man, Shelley leads readers to consider: what should be done after a massive global disaster?This edition presents these two masterpieces together, with a new editorial introduction and notes for both texts, giving readers profound insight into Shelley's enduring relevance for existential philosophy, life writing, post-apocalyptic literature, and political thought.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 196mm Item Length: 130mm Item Width: 25mm Item Weight: 410g Series: Oxford World's Classics Release Year: 2026 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
