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Herland

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Alex Goody and others

  • 152 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1915
  • 627 editions
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1 About this book

On the eve of WWI, three American male explorers stumble onto an all-female society somewhere in the distant reaches of the earth. Unable to believe their eyes, they promptly set out to find some men, convinced that since this is a civilized country--there must be men. So begins this sparkling utopian novel, a romp through a whole world "masculine" and "feminine", as on target today as when it was written 65 years ago.

Good for readers who want: a classic, humor, and a short read.

  • Classics
  • Humor
  • Horror
  • Black humor
  • Utopias
  • Sex role
  • Feminism

2 About Charlotte Perkins Gilman

1860–1935

Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman (; née Perkins; July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935), also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, and advocate for social reform. She was an early and leading figure in the women's rights movement in the United States, and in modern terms is regarded as a socialist feminist.

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