The Coming Race by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

"The Coming Race" by Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton is a novel published in 1871. When a traveler descends into a chasm and becomes trapped in a subterranean world, he discovers the Vril-ya—an advanced race with telepathic powers and mastery over a mysterious energy called "Vril." In their utopian society, women are stronger than men and pursue romantic partners aggressively. When two Vril-ya women fall in love with him, the narrator faces a dangerous dilemma that threatens his survival in this strange underground civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873
Title The Coming Race
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vril
Credits Produced by Fred Ihde and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 58.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Science fiction
Subject Utopias -- Fiction
Subject Utopian fiction
Subject Civilization, Subterranean -- Fiction
Subject Underground areas -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 1951
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jun 5, 2022
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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