The Blazing World
The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish is, all at once, a satire, a treatise on natural philosophy, a work of proto-science fiction, and a defiant venture into a scientific world where women were not usually allowed. It tells the tale of a young Lady who is kidnapped by a man that tries to sail away with her. Through divine interference, however, the ship is tossed into a storm and everyone but the Lady perishes. Blown up to the North Pole, she inadvertently passes into to another world, the Blazing World, where she is almost immediately made supreme ruler. As the Lady begins to exercise her will, Cavendish lays out her own Utopia and discusses a wide range of scientific, political, social, and religious topics. But when a war breaks out in her home world, what will the Lady do with all power of the Blazing World behind her? - Summary by Sarah Terry
Genre(s): Science Fiction, Published before 1800
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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| Play 00 | Introduction | Sarah Terry |
00:03:37 |
| Play 01 | Part 1, section 1 | Sarah Terry |
00:30:57 |
| Play 02 | Part 1, section 2 | Sarah Terry |
00:29:28 |
| Play 03 | Part 1, section 3 | Sarah Terry |
00:31:34 |
| Play 04 | Part 1, section 4 | Sarah Terry |
00:33:14 |
| Play 05 | Part 1, section 5 | Sarah Terry |
00:29:11 |
| Play 06 | Part 1, section 6 | Sarah Terry |
00:33:41 |
| Play 07 | Part 2, section 1 | Sarah Terry |
00:23:59 |
| Play 08 | Part 2, section 2 | Sarah Terry |
00:23:54 |
| Play 09 | Epilogue | Sarah Terry |
00:03:16 |