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Mizora: A World of Women

What would happen to our culture if men ceased to exist? Mary E. Bradley Lane explores this question in Mizora, the first known feminist utopian novel written by a woman. Vera Zarovitch is a Russian noblewoman—heroic, outspoken, and determined. A political exile in Siberia, she escapes and flees north, eventually finding herself, adrift and exhausted, on a strange sea at the North Pole. Crossing a barrier of mist and brilliant light, Zarovitch is swept into the enchanted, inner world of Mizora. A haven of music, peace, universal education, and beneficial, advanced technology, Mizora is a world of women.

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Mizoraappeared anonymously in the Cincinnati Commercialin 1880 and 1881. Mary E. Bradley Lane concealed from her husband her role in writing the controversial story.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 143 pages

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