Project Gutenberg 2010-06-10 Public domain in the USA. 67 Flecker, James Elroy 1884 1915 82460338 The Last Generation: A Story of the Future Produced by Meredith Bach and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Last Generation: A Story of the Future" by James Elroy Flecker is a dystopian novel written in the early 20th century. The book explores themes of societal decay and human extinction, presenting a future where mankind has reached a horrifying conclusion to its own existence. It narrates a grim tale about the consequences of civilization's choices and the toll it takes on humanity. The story unfolds through the eyes of a protagonist who is whisked away by a temporal wind, allowing him to witness the fate that befalls humanity. The narrative presents various scenes, including a proclamation of sterilization by a king, Joshua Harris, and the establishment of clubs dedicated to mutual extermination. As civilization crumbles due to its own misguided ambitions, the story illustrates the stark contrast between the lingering beauty of art and nature and the grim reality of societal collapse. The protagonist ultimately finds himself in a garden of the last generation, a paradise that harbors its own sorrows, where members live in quiet desperation as they await their end amid the ruins of humanity. The book serves as a cautionary tale about the perilous trajectory of society, urging readers to reflect on the human condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32769/32769-h/images/icover.jpg en Science fiction Fantasy fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 88222 88231 2024-09-14T04:32:35.282148 2023-09-14T09:27:05.143727 text/html text/html 84507 2021-01-06T17:41:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 361572 2021-01-06T17:41:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 302935 2024-09-14T04:32:37.960140 application/epub+zip 301283 2024-09-14T04:32:35.768185 application/epub+zip 102993 2024-09-14T04:32:35.501334 application/epub+zip 354465 2024-09-14T04:32:39.931123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337942 2024-09-14T04:32:37.696219 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139761 2022-09-15T06:15:49.648413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 74716 74506 2024-09-14T04:32:35.050170 2023-09-14T09:27:04.855738 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 74440 2021-01-06T17:41:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 30545 2021-01-06T17:41:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 74438 2021-01-06T17:41:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30514 2021-01-06T17:41:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20364 2024-09-14T04:32:40.075172 application/rdf+xml 22399 2024-09-14T04:32:35.595175 image/jpeg 3363 2024-09-14T04:32:35.547145 image/jpeg 362155 2024-09-14T04:32:35.297198 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia