A review by violetlily13
The Purple Cloud by M.P. Shiel

3.0

The Victorians came up with a great deal of strange and fantastical stories, but this one might be the weirdest of all. It's horrible in the way only Victorian Gothic and science fiction can be, veering from an Arctic adventure to a post-apocalyptic tale of survival and madness, at last to an awkward re-creation of Adam and Eve. The story as a whole is disturbing, inconsistent, and often perplexing, making it a must-read for anyone interested in Victorian weird fiction and the history of SF.

(The only other comment I can think of is that Bulwer-Lytton would have loved this story. It reminds me rather too much of his ghastly novels.)