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A Woman's World

Margaret Cavendish

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A Woman's World is a collection of short novels written by women in history. Each novella depicts the author's idea of utopia or of utopia as influenced by women. The stories are illustrated to aid the reader in a greater understanding of the situations, places and times that the authors were depicting.

Illustrations:

* Duchess of Newcastle
* Example of Architecture in 17th Century
* 17th Century Warships
* Meteor or Blazing Star
* Man in Traditional Quaker Dress
* Woman in typical 19th Century Frisk and Petticoat
* Girard College 1870
* St. Paul's Chapel -- New York City
* Disgruntled Cook -- Servant
* Poster Advocating Women's Rights in the 19th Century

Novellas included in this collection:
• The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World. 1666
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674
• Three Hundred Years Hence 1836
Griffith, Mary, d. 1846
• Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It? 1870
Cridge, Annie Denton

Language: English

Pages: 218

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Kristen R. Logsdon

Release: November 03, 2011

A Woman's World

Margaret Cavendish

5/5 ( ratings)

A Woman's World is a collection of short novels written by women in history. Each novella depicts the author's idea of utopia or of utopia as influenced by women. The stories are illustrated to aid the reader in a greater understanding of the situations, places and times that the authors were depicting.

Illustrations:

* Duchess of Newcastle
* Example of Architecture in 17th Century
* 17th Century Warships
* Meteor or Blazing Star
* Man in Traditional Quaker Dress
* Woman in typical 19th Century Frisk and Petticoat
* Girard College 1870
* St. Paul's Chapel -- New York City
* Disgruntled Cook -- Servant
* Poster Advocating Women's Rights in the 19th Century

Novellas included in this collection:
• The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World. 1666
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674
• Three Hundred Years Hence 1836
Griffith, Mary, d. 1846
• Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It? 1870
Cridge, Annie Denton

Language: English

Pages: 218

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Kristen R. Logsdon

Release: November 03, 2011

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