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Mizora (Paperback)
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Mizora (Paperback)
Series: Mint Editions
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Loot Price R192
Discovery Miles 1 920
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Mizora (1890) is a novel by Mary E. Bradley Lane. Originally
serialized between 1880 and 1881 in the Cincinnati Commercial, the
novel was rediscovered a decade later and printed by prominent
editor Murat Halstead. While little is known about Lane, she seems
to have been a dedicated feminist and a gifted writer who
nevertheless, by the time Halstead reached out to republish her
work, seemed to want nothing to do with the appearance of Mizora in
novel form. Regardless, Mizora remains a pioneering work of
feminist utopian science fiction and an early example of the hollow
earth subgenre of science fiction and fantasy. "Overhead, clouds of
the most gorgeous hues, like precious gems converted into vapor,
floated in a sky of the serenest azure. The languorous atmosphere,
the beauty of the heavens, the inviting shores, produced in me a
feeling of contentment not easily described. To add to my senses
another enjoyment, my ears were greeted with sounds of sweet music,
in which I detected the mingling of human voices." Princess Vera
Zarovitch has lived a tragic life. Born into wealth, she studied in
Paris and gained an understanding of the world beyond Tsarist
Russia. Imprisoned for criticizing the state after witnessing her
friend's murder at the hands of Russian soldiers, she escapes with
a party of smugglers toward the North Pole. Following a devastating
shipwreck, their party takes refuge with the local Eskimo, who care
for the captain until his death from exposure. Abandoned by the men
tasked with bringing her to safety, Vera is lost in a storm. When
she awakens, she finds herself in the underground world of Mizora,
where an advanced society of women has eliminated war and poverty
altogether. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Mary E. Bradley Lane's Mizora
is a classic of feminist utopian science fiction reimagined for
modern readers.
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