Benigna Machiavelli
# Benigna Machiavelli

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".

