Margaret Cavendish
Author · 13 books
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.
Books
Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy
1668
Margaret Cavendish
Sociable Letters
1664
Bell in Campo and the Sociable Companions
2002
Margaret Cavendish
2019
The Blazing World
1666
The Convent of Pleasure
1995
The Blazing World and Other Writings
1666
Poems, and fancies written by the Right Honourable, the Lady Margaret Newcastle.
2011
50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die
Vol. 3
2020
The Blazing World and Other Writings
1994
Bell in Campo, Parts 1 and 2
2025
Paper Bodies
A Margaret Cavendish Reader
2000
The Convent of Pleasure and Other Plays
1999
