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b'We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers.\\xa0Tonight, we\\u2019ll read the opening chapters of \\u201cNew Amazonia: A Foretaste of the Future\\u201d, written by Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett under the pen name \\u201cMrs. James Corbett\\u201d and first published in 1889.\\xa0To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to\\xa0snoozecast.com/plus.\\n\\nCategorized as \\u201cfeminist utopian\\u201d, it was one element in the wave of utopian and dystopian literature that marked the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In her novel, Corbett envisions a successful suffragette movement eventually giving rise to a breed of highly evolved "Amazonians" who turn Ireland into a utopian society.\\xa0\\n\\n\\u2014 read by \'V\' \\u2014\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'