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HERLAND (Wisehouse Classics - Original Edition 1909-1916) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Sam Vaseghi is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<em>HERLAND</em> 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.<br/><br/> 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.<br/><br/> 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

Who reads HERLAND (Wisehouse Classics - Original Edition 1909-1916)?

Author

Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Sam Vaseghi

Publisher

[Place of publication not identified] WISEHOUSE CLASSICS

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9789176372296

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Political Science, Fiction, Science

Rating

3.9 / 5 (215 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14