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A framed set of notebooks delivers a first-person account by a man who returns from polar travel to find a mysterious purple cloud has devastated the human population. Alone, he wanders through empty cities and altered landscapes, recording the practical difficulties and psychological strain of solitary survival. He interweaves travel episodes with recollections of trance-like visions and occult reports, and he reflects on mortality, companionship, scientific curiosity, and the breakdown of social order. The narrative balances vivid description, melancholic introspection, and philosophical questioning as it chronicles life after an unprecedented catastrophe.

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Title: The Purple Cloud

Author: M. P. Shiel

Release date: February 1, 2004 [eBook #11229]
Most recently updated: October 28, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Suzanne Shell, Garrett Alley, Maria Khomenko and PG
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The Purple Cloud

By M.P. Shiel

1901

estai kai Samos ammos, eseitai Daelos adaelos

Sibylline Prophecy