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The Purple Cloud
Contributor(s): Shiel, M. P. (Author), Sutherland, John (Introduction by), Sutherland, John (Notes by)
ISBN: 0141196424     ISBN-13: 9780141196428
Publisher: Penguin Group
OUR PRICE:   $16.20  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Science Fiction - General
- Fiction | Classics
Dewey: FIC
Series: Penguin Classics
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.60 lbs) 295 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
The first great science fiction novel of the twentieth century--now available from Penguin Classics

Strange, macabre, and, fantastical, M. P. Shiel's The Purple Cloud is a landmark work that heralded the genre of apocalyptic fiction. It tells the grandly bleak story of Adam Jeffson--the first man to reach the North Pole and the last man left alive on earth. A sweet-smelling cloud of poisonous gas has devastated the world, and as Jeffson travels the stricken globe in search of human life, he slowly succumbs to madness, unleashing fire and destruction on his planet. A new introduction by literary scholar John Sutherland explores The Purple Cloud's apocalyptic themes and Shiel's colorful private life.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.