Delarivier Manley

New Atalantis

Allegorical novel satirizing contemporary politics through fantastical island of Atalantis

About the author

Delarivier Manley
Delarivier Manley

Manley was a pioneering writer of scandal fiction whose romans à clef exposed the secret lives of Tory politicians and aristocrats. Her New Atalantis was a sensation and helped define a new genre of political satire.

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