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Margaret Cavendish

Born

in Colchester, The United Kingdom

January 01, 1623

Died

December 15, 1673

Genre

Philosophy, Poetry, Plays

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Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, was the youngest child of a wealthy Essex family. At the age of 20 she became Maid of Honour to Queen Henrietta Maria and traveled with her into Persian exile in 1644. There she married William Cavendish, Marquis (later Duke) of Newcastle.

Between 1653 and 1668 she published many books on a wide variety of subjects, including many stories that are now regarded as some of the earliest examples of science fiction.

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Average rating: 3.24 · 5,657 ratings · 984 reviews · 167 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Blazing World and Other Writings by Margaret Cavendish, Kate Lilley (Editor) 3.25 avg rating — 1,977 ratings — published 1666 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blazing World 2.94 avg rating — 2,176 ratings — published 1666 — 1004 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Convent of Pleasure: A Comedy 3.62 avg rating — 578 ratings — published 1668 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Convent of Pleasure and Other Plays by Margaret Cavendish, Anne Shaver (Editor) 3.64 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader 3.67 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bell in Campo and the Sociable Companions 3.36 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy by Margaret Cavendish, Eileen O'Neill (Editor) 3.51 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1668 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Assaulted and Pursued Chastity 3.49 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margaret Cavendish by Margaret Cavendish, James Fitzmaurice (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1664 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margaret Cavendish by Margaret Cavendish, Michael Robbins (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“there is little difference between man and beast, but what ambition and glory makes.”
― Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle

tags: feminism

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“Women's Tongues are as sharp as two-edged Swords, and wound as much, when they are anger'd.”
― Margaret Cavendish

tags: anger, temper, women, words

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“I am not covetous, but as ambitious as ever any of my sex was, is, or can be; which makes, that though I cannot be Henry the Fifth, or Charles the Second, yet I endeavour to be Margaret the First; and although I have neither power, time, not occasion to conquer the world as Alexander and Caesar did; yet rather than not be mistress of one, since Fortune and Fates would give me none, I have made a world of my own; for which nobody, I hope, will blame me, since it is in everyone's power to do the like.”
― Margaret Cavendish - Dutchess of Newcastle

tags: authorship, creativity, this-blazing-world, writing

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March 2023 Short Story/Novella Poll

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 32 pages, 1877

75 votes, 28.8%

The Old Maid by Edith Wharton, 96 pages, 1922

66 votes, 25.4%

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs, 32 pages, 1902

46 votes, 17.7%

The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish, 94 pages, 1666

22 votes, 8.5%

The Paying Guest by George Gissing, 80 pages, 1885

21 votes, 8.1%

Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer, 10 pages, 1957

17 votes, 6.5%

So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ, 90 pages, 1980

13 votes, 5.0%

260 total votes

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