A Romance of Two Worlds

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TitleA Romance of Two Worlds
Year for Search1886
Authors[MacKay], [Mary "Minnie"](1855-1924)
Tertiary AuthorsCorelli, Marie [pseud.]
Volume / Edition2 vols.
Date Published1886
PublisherRichard Bentley
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsEnglish author, Female author
Annotation

While the novel is mostly romance and spiritualism, it includes a tour of the solar system. Earth is the only planet where people doubt God. On Saturn people can talk with spirits, sickness and old age do not exist, and death is simply going to sleep. Venus is one great garden, and everyone is inspired by Nature and Art. Jupiter is an electrical civilization with everything done by electricity and part of the book is about Christ as an electrical being. "The Electric Creed" is on pages 229-44.
Additional Publishers

Rpt. New York: Garland, 1976; and Alhambra, CA: Borden Publishing Co., 1986. New and rev. ed. London: Methuen, 1896 has an Appendix of letters received commenting on the book (326-38) and a Postscript (358-59) commenting on the discovery of what she calls the Röntgen Ray (X-Ray).
Pseudonym

Marie Corelli [pseud.]
Holding Institutions

DLC, LLL, psT
Author Note

Female author (1855-1924)
Full Text

1886 [Mackay, Mary “Minnie”] (1855-1924). A Romance of Two Worlds. By Marie Corelli [pseud.]. 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley. Rpt. New York: Garland, 1976; and Alhambra, CA: Borden Publishing Co., 1986. New and rev. ed. London: Methuen, 1896 has an Appendix of letters received commenting on the book (326-38) and a Postscript (358-59) commenting on the discovery of what she calls the Röntgen Ray (X-Ray). DLC, LLL, psT

While the novel is mostly romance and spiritualism, it includes a tour of the solar system. Earth is the only planet where people doubt God. On Saturn people can talk with spirits, sickness and old age do not exist, and death is simply going to sleep. Venus is one great garden, and everyone is inspired by Nature and Art. Jupiter is an electrical civilization with everything done by electricity and part of the book is about Christ as an electrical being. “The Electric Creed” is on pages 229-44. Female author.