The Purple Cloud

Author: M. P. Shiel
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
'The Purple Cloud' by M. P. Shiel is a haunting tale of a North Pole expedition that takes a chilling turn. Adam Jeffson's journey is fraught with strange forces beyond comprehension. As he navigates the frozen landscapes, he encounters a mysterious purple cloud and the remnants of a world plagued by its deadly touch. The enigmatic girl he meets, untouched by the world's previous calamity, becomes his unlikely companion on a path towards redemption and a new beginning.

The Purple Cloud

Author: M. P. Shiel
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775415422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464

Book Description
Published in 1901, M. P. Shiel's The Purple Cloud is an early "last man" science fiction novel. Foretold by a priest as being against the will of God, Adam Jeffson's Arctic expedition unleashes a terrible fate on the world - a mysterious purple cloud that spreads far into the heavens and across the earth. Jeffson returns to the horror of finding the entire crew dead onboard his ship, and, as he gradually realizes, the entire population of the planet has been wiped out. Descending into a madness, he burns cities, declares himself a monarch with no subjects, attempts to create an enormous golden palace for God and for himself. But everything changes as he discovers he is not the only person left, stumbling upon a naked young woman without any knowledge of the world that once stood.

The Purple Cloud

Author: Matthew Phipps Shiel
Publisher: Harvill Press
ISBN: 9780586027066
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222

Book Description

The Purple Cloud

Author: M. P. Shiel
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Purple Cloud" by M. P. Shiel. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

The Purple Cloud

Author: Matthew Phipps Shiel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1609778715
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description
Sheil's free-flowing and persuasive style of writing produces a convincing portrait of Adam Jefferson -- a man who, upon returning alone from an expedition to the North Pole, learns that a world-wide catastrophe has left him the last man on Earth.

The Purple Cloud

Author: P. M. Shiel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781428060364
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description

The Purple Cloud (Illustrated)

Author: Matthew Shiel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
The story is about a man, Adam Jeffson on a polar expedition who discovers a mysterious and deathly Purple Cloud. In the wake of the massive global deaths wrought by the Purple Cloud, Jeffson becomes ruler of the world and builds a huge palace to his glory. He meets a young woman and the two become the heirs to the future of humanity.

The Purple Cloud

Author: Matthew Phipps Shiel
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Book Excerpt: e will--'the man who first reached': and from this loose method of designating the person intended had immediately burst forth a prolonged heat of controversy in Europe and America as to whether or no the testator meant the Chief of the first expedition which reached: but it was finally decided, on the highest legal authority, that, in any case, the actual wording of the document held good: and that it was the individual, whatever his station in the expedition, whose foot first reached the 90th degree of north latitude, who would have title to the fortune.At all events, the public ferment had risen, as I say, to a pitch of positive fever; and as to the Boreal in particular, the daily progress of her preparations was minutely discussed in the newspapers, everyone was an authority on her fitting, and she was in every mouth a bet, a hope, a jest, or a sneer: for now, at last, it was felt that success was probable. So this Mackay had an acutely interested audience, if a somewhatRead More

The Purple Cloud

Author: M. P. Shiel
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781547195527
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134

The Purple Cloud Illustrated

Author: Matthew Phipps Shiel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 275

Book Description
The Purple Cloud is a "last man" novel by the British writer M. P. Shiel. It was published in 1901. H. G. Wells lauded The Purple Cloud as "brilliant" and H. P. Lovecraft later praised the novel as exemplary weird fiction, "delivered with a skill and artistry falling little short of actual majesty."