The following pages contain the autobiography of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess
of Newcastle, written in 1656.
The following pagination, paragraphs, and illustrations have
been added for the convenience of web surfers visiting this site. They are
not part of the author's original manuscript.
Page 1 (MC's father and his exile)
Page 2 (MC's upbringing by her mother)
Page 3 (MC's 3 brothers)
Page 4 (MC's in-laws, family recreations)
Page 5 (MC's marriage to Wm. Cavendish)
Page 6 (MC's mother)
Page 7 (deaths of mother & siblings)
Page 8 (MC's experience as a petitioner)
Page 9 (women petitioners; MC's bashfulness)
Page 10 (first 2 books; Ch. Cavendish)
Page 11 (the personality of Wm. Cavendish)
Page 12 (MC's method of writing)
Page 13 (MC's personality & temperment)
Page 14 (the quality of her affection)
Page 15 (ambition; purpose of memoirs)
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of Margaret Cavendish
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Gold Coast
Bongaree
Port Douglas
Brisbane
Hamilton Island
Cairns
Tangalooma
Maryvale
Caloundra
Mudgeeraba
Rochedale
Main Beach
Mackay
Redcliffe
Noosa Heads
Rockhampton
Surfers Paradise
Hervey Bay
Mermaid Beach
Tewantin
Long Island
Maroochydore
Mooloolaba
Airlie Beach
Bowen
Toowoomba
Trinity Beach
Cooee Bay
Nikenbah
Townsville
Coolum Beach
Bargara
Mount Tamborine
Lucinda
Cootharaba
Heron Island
Ipswich
Montville
Gladstone
Fitzroy Island
Longreach
Yeppoon
Point Lookout
Noosaville
Palm Cove
Mission Beach
Canungra
Elbow Valley
Caravonica
Coolangatta
Charleville
Rainbow Beach
Woombye
Saint George
Innisfail
Springwood
Warwick
Gatton
Alexandra Headland
Kawana Waters
Thursday Island
Marcoola
Cleveland
Maleny
Stanthorpe
Kilcoy
Bundaberg
Carnarvon National Park
Samford
Scarborough
North Stradbroke Island
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