The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
By Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
Length4h 17m
About this audiobook
The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, better known as The Blazing World, is a 1666 work of prose fiction by the English writer Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle. Feminist critic Dale Spender calls it a forerunner of science fiction. It can also be read as a utopian work. As its full title suggests, Blazing World is a fanciful depiction of a satirical, utopian kingdom in another world (with different stars in the sky) that can be reached via the North Pole. It is "the only known work of utopian fiction by a woman in the 17th century, as well as an example of what we now call 'proto-science fiction' — although it is also a romance, an adventure story, and even autobiography." A young woman enters this other world, becomes the empress of a society composed of various species of talking animals, and organizes an invasion back into her world complete with submarines towed by the "fish men" and the dropping of "fire stones" by the "bird men" to confound the enemies of her homeland, the Kingdom of Esfi.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Science Fiction
Length4 hrs 17 mins
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Publish dateMar 6, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Blazing-World.
2To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World.
3To all Noble and Worthy Ladies.
4The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World. (pt. 1)
5The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World. (pt. 2)
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6The Second Part of the Description of the New Blazing-World.
7The Epilogue to the Reader.
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