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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World

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    The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World is a Victorian science fiction and classic fantasy novel by Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of. It deals with utopias.

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    About The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World

    "The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World" by Margaret Cavendish is a work of prose fiction published in 1666. A young woman is kidnapped and swept to the North Pole, where she discovers a portal to a parallel world inhabited by human-animal hybrids. Mistaken for a goddess, she becomes empress of this strange realm, imposing new religions and philosophies. When war threatens her homeland, she returns with fantastical technologies to restore order, blurring the lines between conquest, creation, and utopian imagination.
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    • Science fiction
    • Utopias
    • Voyages, Imaginary, Early works to 1800

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    The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World was written by Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of.

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    It is usually shelved as Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.

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