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Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Herland

Paperback (Independently published Feb. 24, 2020)
Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book describes an isolated society composed entirely of women, who reproduce via parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction). The result is an ideal social order: free of war, conflict, and domination. It was first published in monthly installments as a serial in 1915 in The Forerunner, a magazine edited and written by Gilman between 1909 and 1916. It was not published in book form until 1979. The story is told from the perspective of Vandyck "Van" Jennings, a sociology student who, along with two friends, Terry O. Nicholson, and Jeff Margrave, forms an expedition party to explore an area of uncharted land rumored to be home to a society consisting entirely of women. The three friends do not entirely believe the rumors because they are unable to think of a way how human reproduction could occur without males. When the explorers reach their destination, they are surrounded by a large group of women who march them towards a building – their prison from that point on. They are given comfortable living accommodations, clean clothes, and food. The women assign each man a tutor who teaches the men their language. The women themselves appear intelligent and astute, unafraid and patient, with a notable lack of temper and seemingly limitless understanding of their captives. The women are keen to learn about the world outside and question the men eagerly about all manner of things.
ISBN
1660875862 / 9781660875863
Pages
200
Weight
12.8 oz.
Dimensions
6.0 x 0.5 in.

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