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HERLAND (Wisehouse Classics - Original Edition 1909-1916) - Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sam Vaseghi
HERLAND (Wisehouse Classics - Original Edition 1909-1916)
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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. The result is an ideal social order: free of war, conflict, and domination.The story is told from the... show more
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. The result is an ideal social order: free of war, conflict, and domination.The story is told from the perspective of Vandyck "Van" Jennings, a student of sociology who, along with two friends (Terry O. Nicholson and Jeff Margrave), forms an expedition party to explore an area of uncharted land where it is rumored lives 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. The men speculate about what a society of women would be like, each guessing differently based on the stereotype of women which he holds most dear: Jeff regarding women as things to be served and protected; Terry viewing them as things to be conquered and won.When the explorers reach their destination, they proceed with caution, hiding the biplane they arrive in, and trying to keep themselves hidden in the forests that border the land. They are quickly found by three young women who they realize are observing them from the treetops. After attempting to catch the girls with trickery, the men end up chasing the young women towards a town or village. The women outrun them easily and disappear among the houses, which, Van notes are exceptionally well made and attractive. After meeting the first inhabitants of this new land (which Van names Herland) the men proceed more cautiously, noting that the girls they met were strong, agile, and completely unafraid. Their caution is warranted because as the men enter the town where the girls disappeared, they become surrounded by a large group of women who march them towards an official looking building. . . (more on www.wisehouse-classics.com)
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Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN: 9789176371572
ASIN: B01BQ1A3AI
Publisher: Wisehouse Classics
Pages no: 150
Edition language: English
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Moyas Buchgewimmel
Moyas Buchgewimmel rated it
2.0 Rezension mit Sarkasmus als Beilage: Herland
Die Abenteurer Terry, Jeff und Van lösen sich von ihrer Reisegruppe, um im wilden Amazonas nach einer sagenumwobenen Stadt zu suchen, in der es den Legenden nach nur Frauen geben soll. Trotz der Warnungen der Einheimischen, dass kein Mann je von dieser Suche zurückgekehrt wäre, machen sich die drei ...
brokenbiscuits
brokenbiscuits rated it
0.0 Books of 1915 (Part Two)
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham It has been quite a few years since I read this novel, but I thought it was absolutely terrific and I remember it vividly. The story opens when the main character Philip is a lonely young boy with a club foot being raised by his aunt and uncle. As soon as he...
A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it
4.0 Herland
A neglected work by the author of 'The Yellow Wallpaper'. Opinions here are split on 'Herland', recognizing it as a seminal (uh) work of feminist thought at the start of the 20th century, and yet ultimately limited in its vision of female freedom. Too, as an adventurer's tale of Utopia, its awfully ...
So.... Nicky?
So.... Nicky? rated it
4.0 Herland
Fun, classic (1915) prediction of what an all-women world would look like. I especially liked the varied reactions of the three guys who drop in on this hidden land in the mountains where women have lived on their own for millennia. Luckily for the women, they've figured out how to spontaneously con...
هزاميري
هزاميري rated it
2.0 Herland
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