"If now a swell from the Deep has swept over this planetary ship of earth, and I, who alone chanced to find myself in the furthest stern, as the sole survivor of her crew . . . What then, my God, shall I do?" The Purple Cloud is widely hailed as a masterpiece of science fiction and one of the best "last man" novels ever written. A deadly purple vapor passes over the world and annihilates all living creatures except one man, Adam Jeffson. He embarks on an epic journey across a silent and devastated planet, an apocalyptic Robinson Crusoe putting together the semblance of a normal life from the...
"If now a swell from the Deep has swept over this planetary ship of earth, and I, who alone chanced to find myself in the furthest stern, as the sole ...
Never without grief and pain could I remember the fate of Prince Zaleski -- victim of a too importunate, too unfortunate Love, which the fulgor of the throne itself could not abash; exile perforce from his native land, and voluntary exile from the rest of men But during the time that what was called the "Pharanx labyrinth" was exercising many of the heaviest brains in the land, my thought turned repeatedly to him; and even when the affair had passed from the general attention, a bright day in Spring, combined perhaps with a latent mistrust of the denoument of that dark plot, drew...
Never without grief and pain could I remember the fate of Prince Zaleski -- victim of a too importunate, too unfortunate Love, which the fulgor of ...
August Derleth said M.P. Shiel was ." . . the Grand Viscount of the Grotesque . . . with a] refulgently fanciful imagination and magical command of the English language." Considered by some critics to be the most flamboyant works of the English decadent movement.
August Derleth said M.P. Shiel was ." . . the Grand Viscount of the Grotesque . . . with a] refulgently fanciful imagination and magical command o...
This volume contains Matthew Phipps Shiel's 1906 novel, "The Last Miracle." This book is recommended for fans of supernatural and science fiction, and is a must-have for collectors of Shiel's work. Matthew Phipps Shiel (1865 - 1947) also known as M. P. Shiel was a seminal British writer best remembered for his supernatural and scientific romances. They were published as serials, novels, and as short stories. "The Purple Cloud" (1901) is his most famous and frequently reprinted novel. The chapters of this text include: "My Visit to Swandale," "The Wren," "The Styrian," "The Ritual," "The...
This volume contains Matthew Phipps Shiel's 1906 novel, "The Last Miracle." This book is recommended for fans of supernatural and science fiction, and...
