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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797–1851.
The last man / Mary W. Shelley; edited with an introduction by
Morton D. Paley
p. cm.—(Oxford world’s classics)
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Twenty-first century—Fiction. 2. End of the world—Fiction.
3. Plague—Fiction. I. Paley, Morton D. II. Title. III. Series.
823’.7—dc20 PR5397.L3 1994 93–24629
ISBN 0–19–283865–2
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