The Blazing World
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- First published
- 1666
- Pages
- 95
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Introduction
3:37 -
Part 1, section 1
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Part 1, section 2
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Part 1, section 3
31:34 -
Part 1, section 4
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Part 1, section 5
29:11 -
Part 1, section 6
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Part 2, section 1
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Part 2, section 2
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Epilogue
3:16
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About this book
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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Book facts
- Author
- Margaret Cavendish
- First published
- 1666
- Reading time
- About 3 hours
- Pages
- 95
- Language
- English
- Genre
- British Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
- Audio read by
- Sarah Terry