{"product_id":"beatrice-the-sixteenth-paperback","title":"Beatrice the Sixteenth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIrene Clyde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLucy Sante\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA pioneering feminist adventure in an alternate world--before the concept of gender.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduced by Lucy Sante, author of the acclaimed memoir of transition \u003ci\u003eI Heard Her Call My Name\u003c\/i\u003e, this pioneering 1909 feminist utopia is productively discombobulating. When Mary Hatherley, an intrepid British explorer, is kicked in the head by the camel she was riding through the Arabian desert, she finds herself transported to what seems to be an alternate version of Earth. Arriving in Armeria, she discovers a society in which the very concept of gender is unknown. Like Mary, the reader will become disoriented, but enjoyably so: By avoiding the use of gendered pronouns, the story's author--herself a gender-fluid activist--challenges our assumptions about gendered social paradigms.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrene Clyde (b. Thomas Baty, 1869-1954) was an English lawyer, writer, and activist who spent much of her life in Japan. She co-founded the Aëthnic Union, a society dedicated to challenging binary gender distinctions; and for 25 years she helped edit, write, and publish \u003ci\u003eUrania\u003c\/i\u003e, a privately circulated journal that covered such topics as same-sex relationships, androgyny, and sex changes, and that sharply criticized heterosexual marriage. \u003ci\u003eBeatrice the Sixteenth\u003c\/i\u003e (1909) is her only novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucy Sante's books include \u003ci\u003eLow Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKill All Your Darlings\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaybe the People Would Be the Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Heard Her Call My Name\u003c\/i\u003e. She was recently appointed an officer of the Order of the Crown by the Belgian government.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289445183737,"sku":"9780262051620","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/yWJIAXIga-9780262051620.webp?v=1776263821","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/beatrice-the-sixteenth-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}