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The Blazing World

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First published
1666
Pages
95

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Read by Sarah Terry · 4 h 2 min · 10 parts

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  1. Introduction

    3:37

  2. Part 1, section 1

    30:57

  3. Part 1, section 2

    29:28

  4. Part 1, section 3

    31:34

  5. Part 1, section 4

    33:14

  6. Part 1, section 5

    29:11

  7. Part 1, section 6

    33:41

  8. Part 2, section 1

    23:59

  9. Part 2, section 2

    23:54

  10. Epilogue

    3:16

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A young woman is abducted and carried by ship toward the North Pole, where she passes through a hidden opening into a neighboring world lit by strange stars and peopled by talking bird-men, bear-men, and fox-men. Taken for a goddess, she is made empress of this realm and sets about ordering its religion, science, and philosophy to her own design. Margaret Cavendish wrote it in 1666 as a companion to her scientific work, blending romance, satire, and bold speculation about what a woman might rule and imagine. Often named among the earliest examples of science fiction, it remains a startling feat of invention from a writer centuries ahead of her moment. A free PDF and EPUB edition is available here.

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Margaret Cavendish

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673), was an English writer, poet, and natural philosopher. Unusually for her time she published prolifically under her own name, addressing science, gender, and society, and her fiction anticipated genres that would not be named for centuries.

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Book facts

First published
1666
Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
95
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Sarah Terry