New Amazonia (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Foretaste of the Future (A Feminist Utopia)By Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett
Length5h 55m
About this audiobook
Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett's New Amazonia (1889) is a bold late-Victorian feminist utopia that sends its narrator into a transformed future where women have remade social, political, and domestic life. Combining speculative fiction, satire, political pamphleteering, and romance conventions, the novel imagines a rationally organized society in which education, health, dress, labor, and government are restructured around female autonomy. Written in the context of debates over suffrage, marriage, and the "New Woman," it answers misogynistic dystopias with a lucid counter-vision of female civic power. Corbett was a British journalist, novelist, and advocate of women's rights whose professional life placed her amid the reformist energies of the late nineteenth century. Her experience as a woman writer in a male-dominated literary marketplace informs the book's sharp critique of patriarchal institutions. New Amazonia reflects both her political commitments and her awareness of contemporary scientific and social theories, using popular fiction as a vehicle for serious argument. This book is recommended to readers interested in feminist literary history, utopian studies, and Victorian political imagination. Its imaginative audacity and reformist urgency make it an essential companion to works by Olive Schreiner, Sarah Grand, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★ 3.4 (96)
Includes Goodreads
GenreScience Fiction, Humor
Length5 hrs 55 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 24, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Mummy! (Annotated)
14CHAPTER IX.
2Introduction
15CHAPTER X.
3Synopsis
16CHAPTER XI.
4Historical Context
17CHAPTER XII.
5PROLOGUE.
18CHAPTER XIII.
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6CHAPTER I.
19CHAPTER XIV.
7CHAPTER II.
20CHAPTER XV.
8CHAPTER III.
21CHAPTER XVI.
9CHAPTER IV.
22CHAPTER XVII.
10CHAPTER V.
23Analysis
11CHAPTER VI.
24Reflection
12CHAPTER VII.
25Memorable Quotes
13CHAPTER VIII.
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