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Truth: Usually I'm running the other direction as soon as you say, "set in the 1600s" (I'M SORRY I DON'T LIKE YE OLDEN THYMES, OK) -- but this odd little book pulled me right in. Duchess Margaret Cavendish's struggle to find her voice and her place in the world feels totally contemporary. Just read that passage.