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Herland (Dover Thrift Editions)
Herland - Dover Thrift Editions
Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Delightfully humorous account of a feminist utopia in which three male explorers stumble upon an all-female society isolated in a distant part of the earth. Early 20th-century vehicle for Gilman’s then-unconventional views of male-female behavior, motherhood, individuality, privacy, sense of community, sexuality, and many other topics. Mis...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780486404295
ISBN-10: 0486404293
Publication Date: 6/18/1998
Pages: 128
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  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 21 ratings
Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 3
Gilman's feminist utopia highlights the author's ideas about women and her hopes for the future. Certainly she makes her point, and her essentialist take on gender relations will appear simplistic to most contemporary readers...but she uses humor and an honestly interesting-in-its-own-right plot to draw the reader in and keep the reader engaged.
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Helpful Score: 2
What would you do if you were a man who suddenly found himself captured by an all woman society. Three men have different responses in this book. I found it a great read although the amazon reviews are somewhat dismal.
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Some books attract my attention by an intriguing title, others because the author has been previously unknown to me, yet some by their unique subject matter. This one combines all of these attractions: unknown author, unknown book; a title to wonder about (similar to Edward Abbott's Flatland); subject a feminine utopia. Will her vision track the fate of More's Utopia (1516), or of Butler's Erewhon (1872), or will it presage Ayn Rand (Anthem, 1938), and Zamiatin (We, 1924)?
There are also some similarities to Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1912) in its setting, discovery, and escape. I am also reminded of others that followed: H. G. Well's The Valley of the Blind ( ), and Burrough's Caspek (1918) trilogy. This is certainly a unique tidbit that an aficionado should not bypass.
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Gives insight into early 20th century feminism; not always a pretty picture. Gilman advocates eugenics alongside socialism and gender equality


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