A Fair Californian

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1889
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A lost race of immortals has overcome all mortal passions. No children. Science and the occult are their concerns. No animals in the Sacred City of Seven. As with most lost race novels the eutopia hides a dystopia. 

Published Date

1889

Publisher
Minerva
Place Published
New York
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1889 [D’Apery, Ellen Burrell] (1842-1915). A Fair Californian. By Olive Harper [pseud.] New York: Minerva. W3,1396

A lost race of immortals has overcome all mortal passions. No children. Science and the occult are their concerns. No animals in the Sacred City of Seven. As with most lost race novels the eutopia hides a dystopia. Female author. There is considerable disagreement over her first name, with many usually reliable sources giving it as Helen. I have chosen Ellen based on other usually reliable sources, including her father's obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Pseudonym

Olive Harper [pseud.]

Author Note

Female author (1842-1915). There is considerable disagreement over her first name, with many usually reliable sources giving it as Helen. I have chosen Ellen based on other usually reliable sources, including her father's obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle.

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