The Blazing World

by Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne · first published 1666

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. Dale Spender calls it a forerunner of science fiction. It can also be read as a piece of utopian fiction. In the novel, a woman from the Kingdom of ESFI (a combined version of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland) is kidnapped by a spurned lover.

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Genre:

Fantasy, Science Fiction

Original language:

English

Year page:

1666