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Mary Jekyll and the rest of the daughters of literature's mad scientists embark on a madcap adventure across Europe to rescue another monstrous girl and stop the Alchemical Society's nefarious plans once and for all. From Paris to Vienna to Budapest, Mary and her friends must make new allies, face old enemies, and finally confront the fearsome, secretive Alchemical Society. It's time for these monstrous gentlewomen to overcome the past and create their own destinies.
Mary Jekyll and the rest of the daughters of literature's mad scientists embark on a madcap adventure across Europe to rescue another monstrous girl and stop the Alchemical Society's nefarious plans once and for all. From Paris to Vienna to Budapest, Mary and her friends must make new allies, face old enemies, and finally confront the fearsome, secretive Alchemical Society. It's time for these monstrous gentlewomen to overcome the past and create their own destinies.
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The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club
The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club
3 books in catalog
Combining Victorian Gothic fiction, fantasy, and feminist reimaginings of classic literature, the Athena Club trilogy reimagines famous literary creations from female perspectives. Theodora Goss introduced this series with The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, following the daughters of classic monster creators as they form an investigative alliance in nineteenth-century London.
Born in Budapest, Hungary, on September 30, 1968, Goss lived in Brussels before immigrating with her mother to the United States, where she became an American citizen. Her academic background spans multiple disciplines: she earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia, a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, and both a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University. She later worked as a Master Lecturer in rhetoric at Boston University while establishing her career as a fiction writer, poet, and scholar. Her published work includes short fiction, poetry collections, novellas, anthologies, and critical essays, earning honors such as the World Fantasy, Locus, and Mythopoeic Awards alongside nominations for the Nebula and Seiun Awards.
Goss frequently explores the intersections of myth, fairy tales, and nineteenth-century speculative fiction. Her narratives often re-examine canonical literary tropes by centering marginalized female characters, such as the daughters of fictional monsters or figures from classic folklore. Her writing routinely crosses genre boundaries, blending historic European settings with fantastical elements, female agency, and academic literary context. Format innovation also marks her bibliographical output, demonstrated in projects ranging from co-edited anthologies like Interfictions to accordion-formatted novellas like The Thorn and the Blossom.
3 books in catalog
Combining Victorian Gothic fiction, fantasy, and feminist reimaginings of classic literature, the Athena Club trilogy reimagines famous literary creations from female perspectives. Theodora Goss introduced this series with The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, following the daughters of classic monster creators as they form an investigative alliance in nineteenth-century London.
Born in Budapest, Hungary, on September 30, 1968, Goss lived in Brussels before immigrating with her mother to the United States, where she became an American citizen. Her academic background spans multiple disciplines: she earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia, a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, and both a Master of Arts and a Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University. She later worked as a Master Lecturer in rhetoric at Boston University while establishing her career as a fiction writer, poet, and scholar. Her published work includes short fiction, poetry collections, novellas, anthologies, and critical essays, earning honors such as the World Fantasy, Locus, and Mythopoeic Awards alongside nominations for the Nebula and Seiun Awards.
Goss frequently explores the intersections of myth, fairy tales, and nineteenth-century speculative fiction. Her narratives often re-examine canonical literary tropes by centering marginalized female characters, such as the daughters of fictional monsters or figures from classic folklore. Her writing routinely crosses genre boundaries, blending historic European settings with fantastical elements, female agency, and academic literary context. Format innovation also marks her bibliographical output, demonstrated in projects ranging from co-edited anthologies like Interfictions to accordion-formatted novellas like The Thorn and the Blossom.
