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by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
About 73 pages (21,979 words)
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The Introduction by Ann J. Lane characterizes Herland as feminist-socialist satire. Lane presents a brief biography of Charlotte Perkins Gilman then places Herland in context as one of three utopian works created by the author. Lane also discusses Gilman's notable reputation, largely forgotten by scholars at the time of Lane's writing (1979), and links Gilman's work with the birth of the feminist movement in America. (read more)
      Introduction
      Chapter 1, "A Not Unnatural Enterprise"
      Chapter 2, "Rash Advances"
      Chapter 3, "A Peculiar Imprisonment"
      Chapter 4, "Our Venture"
      Chapter 5, "A Unique History"
      Chapter 6, "Comparisons Are Odious"
      Chapter 7, "Our Growing Modesty"
      Chapter 8, "The Girls of Herland"
      Chapter 9, "Our Relations and Theirs"
      Chapter 10, "Their Religions and Our Marriages"
      Chapter 11, "Our Difficulties"
      Chapter 12, "Expelled"

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