Can I read The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) on EtoBox?

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) by Stephenson, Neal is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book) about?

Decades into our future, a stone's throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth has just broken the rigorous moral code of his tribe, the powerful neoVictorians. He's made an illicit copy of a state-of-the-art interactive device called A Young Ladys Illustrated Primer Commissioned by an eccentric duke for his grandchild, stolen for Hackworth's own daughter, the Primer's purpose is to educate and raise a girl capable of thinking for herself. It performs its function superbly. Unfortunately for Hackworth, his smuggled copy has fallen into the wrong hands. Young Nell and her brother Harv are thetes--members of the poor, tribeless class. Neglected by their mother, Harv looks after Nell. When he and his gang waylay a certain neo-Victorian--John Percival Hackworth-- in the seamy streets of their neighborhood, Harv brings Nell something special: the Primer. Following the discovery of his... EDITORIAL REVIEW: In **Snow Crash**, Neal Stephenson took science fiction to dazzling new levels. Now, in **The Diamond Age**, he delivers another stunning tale. Set in twenty-first century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a state

Who reads The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)?

Author

Stephenson, Neal

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780553380965

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.19 / 5 (62,866 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14