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The Last Man

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The Last Man	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Last Man is an 1826 Science Fiction Dystopian Apocalyptic novel written by Mary Shelley, supposedly taking place in the 21st Century. Its depiction of this century is, unsurprisingly, somewhat similar to retrofuturism, though with less emphasis on technological change than many stories set in the future, as the world it portrays isn't very far removed from the early-19th century it was written in. As the title indicates, it details an outbreak of the Great Plague that sweeps throughout the world, infecting and decimating the entirety of Mankind, and survivors trying to maintain their will to live in addition to trying to fight off against hostile human settlements. The central focus is a man named Lionel Verney, an orphan whose troubling behaviour leads him to the former (the monarchy having been abolished) King of England‘s son, Adrian, where the two of them become friends and chronicles Lionel's life from this first meeting all the way to adulthood.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The book is divided into three volumes; Volume 1 centres on Lionel's life as a teenager when he first meets up with Adrian and becomes close friends and his role in politics, Volume 2 details Lionel defending his new republic and his close ones from several attacks and a mysterious outbreak that is killing everyone it makes contact with, and Volume 3 is about the remaining survivors trying to find a new home where they would be free of contracting the disease.The story is known for being initially having a troubled time in regards to publication, due to its dark and heavy themes of loneliness and loss, only beginning to receive appreciation by the 1960s. Even so, Mary Shelley later in her life wrote that it was one of her favorite books. The Last Man has various elements and a tonal atmosphere that is very similar to the Dystopian genre, which was yet to be popularized a century later with works like Brave New World and 1984.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })
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The Last Man / int_1237828f	comment	Anyone Can Die: By Volume 2, major characters begin to bite the dust constantly and by Volume 3, only a handful of characters, main or minor, are left.
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The Last Man / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
The Last Man / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: Lionel himself is a stand-in for Mary Shelley. Adrian and Lord Raymond were respectively based on Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.
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The Last Man / int_15800db3	type	All Are Equal in Death
The Last Man / int_15800db3	comment	All Are Equal in Death: This idea comes up throughout the book. When everyone's dying and the survivors are living each day as if it would be their last, there's not exactly much reason to prevent everyone from getting their fair share of the resources that are left behind.
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The Last Man / int_1d2400e9	type	Green-Eyed Monster
The Last Man / int_1d2400e9	comment	Green-Eyed Monster: Lionel was initially this to Adrian, with the second chapter detailing how the former deals with antagonistic thoughts towards the latter before the two actually meet up and befriend one another.
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The Last Man / int_29292e6d	type	Walking the Earth
The Last Man / int_29292e6d	comment	Walking the Earth: After losing Clara and Adrian in a flash flood during a sudden storm and making it to Raveena, Lionel decides to spend the remainder of his life travelling around Africa and Asia with an accompanying sheepdog, hoping to find another human somewhere.
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The Last Man / int_2bcd8194	type	Loyal Animal Companion
The Last Man / int_2bcd8194	comment	Loyal Animal Companion: A sheepdog takes an immediate liking to Lionel, him being the first human he had seen in quite a long time.
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The Last Man / int_2dbc1855	type	Ghost City
The Last Man / int_2dbc1855	comment	Ghost City: After Lionel washes up on the shores of Ravenna the novels describes his searches for other people in long-abandoned villages as he travels to Rome on foot.
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The Last Man / int_334e48a1	type	After the End
The Last Man / int_334e48a1	comment	After the End: In the final chapter, Lionel is the last surviving human, leaving him alone to witness the earth be reclaimed by nature after the extinction of the human race.
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The Last Man / int_34bd7be2	type	Super Drowning Skills
The Last Man / int_34bd7be2	comment	Super Drowning Skills: Perdita commits suicide by throwing herself off a ship, unable to live out her life without Raymond. Later on, Clara and Adrian drown to death in an unexpected storm at the Adriatic Sea while trying to travel to Greece.
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The Last Man / int_3bc88a7f	type	Foregone Conclusion
The Last Man / int_3bc88a7f	comment	Foregone Conclusion: The title is about the last remaining human in the world, who turns out to be Lionel by the end of the story. The book chronicles Lionel's life from teenhood (with some background information on his childhood being explained beforehand) up until he's what remains of human civilization.
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The Last Man / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
The Last Man / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: Seemingly the last person alive and having only a sheepdog as a companion, Lionel has no one of his kind to interact with anymore and though he plans to search Africa and Asia for survivors, his prospects seem grim and the human race seems doomed.
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The Last Man / int_5c3c800f	type	The Immune
The Last Man / int_5c3c800f	comment	The Immune: Lionel becomes the only known person in the whole world to develop symptoms of the plague and then recover, and thereafter he never develops the symptoms again. A small number of other characters don’t even develop symptoms, though they die from other causes. The source of this immunity is unknown, and Lionel interprets it as Fate willing that he survive, which is one of the few things that stop him from killing himself.
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The Last Man / int_5f8ddb2c	type	Corpse Land
The Last Man / int_5f8ddb2c	comment	Corpse Land: Europe, and probably the rest of the world, isn’t a pretty sight as the plague rages.
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The Last Man / int_60c90bd5	type	Orphan's Ordeal
The Last Man / int_60c90bd5	comment	Orphan's Ordeal: Lionel and Perdita's parents died when they were very young. The lack of parental discipline and control results in the two becoming rather unruly and socially chaotic in nature throughout their childhood and early teen years.
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The Last Man / int_63ee8101	type	Reclaimed by Nature
The Last Man / int_63ee8101	comment	Reclaimed by Nature: Since the plague only infects humans, plant and animal life thrive. Plants quickly overgrow the rural towns, and wild animals and feral livestock make homes in abandoned buildings in the cities.
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The Last Man / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
The Last Man / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Perdita promptly drowns herself after finding out about Raymond's death. This, in turn, renders their daughter Clara an orphan.
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The Last Man / int_82fc5bdf	type	Bratty Half-Pint
The Last Man / int_82fc5bdf	comment	Bratty Half-Pint: Lionel and Perdita grow to be this as children, a result of them never receiving parental care and discipline. Lionel recalls the time when he was lawless and opposing British nobility. Perdita even more so, as while Lionel would try to form social bonds with other kids his kind, Perdita would usually tend only to herself with the exception of her older brother.
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The Last Man / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
The Last Man / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: Lord Ryland abandons his people and flees up in the wilderness from the plague, only to get his desserts when he is found dead in a pile of supplies he had been hoarding to himself.
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The Last Man / int_938e9bc0	type	Absent-Minded Professor
The Last Man / int_938e9bc0	comment	Absent-Minded Professor: In sharp contrast to Victor from Frankenstein, Merrival seems almost indifferent to life and death, barely acknowledging the apocalypse happening around him and instead studying the orbits of the planets and speculating about the future of Earth’s environments. When his family dies, he finally understands the seriousness of the situation.
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The Last Man / int_95c2a9dd	type	Outliving One's Offspring
The Last Man / int_95c2a9dd	comment	Outliving One's Offspring: Both of Lionel's sons, Alfred and Evelyn, die during the exile's trip to Switzerland, Alfred first followed by Evelyn after contacting with typhus.
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The Last Man / int_99dd103c	type	Safe Zone Hope Spot
The Last Man / int_99dd103c	comment	Safe Zone Hope Spot: Switzerland is thought by many to be the safest place from the plague due to how cold it is, yet when what's left of the hero's party gets there, they find the place devoid of life just like every other place in Europe.
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The Last Man / int_ad22fa80	type	Apocalyptic Log
The Last Man / int_ad22fa80	comment	Apocalyptic Log: Lionel plans to write a book detailing the plague, in case any survivors from isolated areas recolonize the world and wonder what happened to the past inhabitants.
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The Last Man / int_bb40e7e0	type	Failed Future Forecast
The Last Man / int_bb40e7e0	comment	Failed Future Forecast: Despite happening in the late 21st century, all European monarchies are still in place, aside from the recently-uncrowned British monarchy, the Ottoman Empire still exists, and so on. That said, the book correctly foretold that Greece would become independent from the Ottoman Empire (Greece’s war of independence was ongoing when it was written) and later go to war with them.
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The Last Man / int_ce68d46b	type	Next Sunday A.D.
The Last Man / int_ce68d46b	comment	Next Sunday A.D.: The story takes place in the late 21st Century, but as this was written in the early 19th Century, there is relatively little advancement shown regarding technology, common knowledge, social norms, and political understanding. One notable advancement that they do have is the widespread use of balloons for air travel, though this breaks down by the end of the book as civilization falls.
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The Last Man / int_dc0d9bb	type	TomeOfFate
The Last Man / int_dc0d9bb	comment	Tome of Fate: In the novel’s introduction set in 1818, Mary Shelley claims that she discovered a series of prophetic writings by the Cumaean Sibyl on a pile of leaves inside the Sibly’s cave near Naples and she has translated them into the novel’s narrative which is set in the 21st century.
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The Last Man / int_e26f04b4	type	Last of His Kind
The Last Man / int_e26f04b4	comment	Last of His Kind: The very title invokes this. True to its word, Lionel seemingly becomes the very last remaining member of the Human race by the end of the story.
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The Last Man / int_ed68bcc9	type	Dwindling Party
The Last Man / int_ed68bcc9	comment	Dwindling Party: A group of survivors attempt to travel to Switzerland as its colder climate means that the plague would not be as contagious there. By the time they do reach there, only four of them are alive, and even then, three of them die not long after due to differing circumstances.
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The Last Man / int_eee89c8f	comment	Species Loyalty: Lionel has this, especially in light of the existential threat to the human race.
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