Benigna Machiavelli is a 1914 novel by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, featuring a young woman, evoking Niccolò Machiavelli, as she maneuvers through the restrictive society of early 19th century America.
Reception Ann J. Lane called it "a handbook on survival in the modern world for a girl-woman".Introduction to Benigna Machiavelli, in the Charlotte Perkins Gilmer Reader; published 1999 by University of Virginia Press
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External links Text of Benigna Machiavelli, on Archive.org