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MaggieCarr
Herland: Easyread Comfort Edition | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1915 book Herland is a thought-provoking work of utopian fiction and a time capsule of early twentieth-century feminism. On the eve of the First World War, sociology student Vandyck Jennings goes on an expedition with two of his friends to search for a society rumored to consist only of women. On the way to what they will name "Herland," Van and his friends ponder the type of women they hope or expect to see when they...

MaggieCarr ...get there... but they find no fantasies when they arrive. Herland is an all-female, community-driven utopia. Van and his friends are skeptical of a society that doesn't even need men to procreate, but women and girls who live there have all been raised in a world entirely removed from the patriarchy of the wider world. To them, Herland is a paradise; there are no wars, no conflicts, and no oppressive concepts of gender. These young men... 2w
MaggieCarr ... however, are not easily brought into the fold. During their time in Herland, Van and his friends must decide whether they will remain entrenched in their own views of women and society, or if they will open their minds to a way of living, they could scarcely have ever imagined. 2w
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MaggieCarr
Herland: Easyread Comfort Edition | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Herland keeps showing up on feminist book lists I'm trying to read through. Noticed it's book #2 in a trilogy. But book #1 is rarely mentioned. Do I need to read the first to understand what is happening in Herland?

ChaoticMissAdventures I keep seeing it too and never realized it was a series! 3w
MaggieCarr @ChaoticMissAdventures maybe someone can help us! 3w
Lauranahe I didn‘t realize that either! 3w
Bookwomble You can read it standalone. Its feminist credentials are era specific, so expect some 😬 moments along with the ❤️ 3w
MaggieCarr @Bookwomble yes, gritting my teeth! 3w
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KathyWheeler
Herland: Easyread Comfort Edition | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Mehso-so

While I overall liked this, it was a bit too pedantic, and the all female country was a little too perfect. The practice of eugenics that led to their utopia was, although only mentioned once as history, disturbing. The narrator also views attempted rape in a “boys will be boys” manner. I loved that their society included pockets — lots of them— in the women‘s clothing, showing not much has changed since Gilman wrote this.

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KathyWheeler
Herland: Easyread Comfort Edition | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Well, it started snowing here, so I‘m inside with Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the lovely cup of tea my husband just made me.

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bibliothecarivs
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Recent fiction acquisitions:

📖 Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy
📖 Testimonies by Patrick O'Brian
📖 Falling for Hamlet by Michelle Ray

#UniteAgainstBookBans #LetUtahRead

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Kitta
Herland: Easyread Comfort Edition | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Mehso-so

Herland was written in 1915! It‘s feminist speculative fiction about a group of 3 men who discover a utopia of women who live completely free of men. They‘ve survived 2000 years this way and the men who discover them can‘t quite believe it. In fact, they can‘t quite believe women can do anything without men. Pretty forward thinking.

There were some parts of this novel I didn‘t like, and I felt it dragged a little.

Overall an interesting read.

ManyWordsLater I loved the bit about cats and dogs. 3y
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Kitta
Herland | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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I love her and her habit of laying on my current read.

About halfway through Herland now!

#littenkitten #catsoflitsy

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Kitta
Herland: Easyread Comfort Edition | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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A lost feminist utopia? Why yes please!

Borrowed from a friend, this novel was written in 1915! In it, a utopian society is discovered solely composed of women who are able to reproduce without men.

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tellmesomething2read

“The great soul, meanwhile, pursued his way, using every art he knew--and his experience was not narrow--to reach the heart of the brown and ruddy nymph beside him.”

he is boarder and she is the frock wearing, golden skinned daughter of his widowed landlord. who takes “mischievous delight in teasing him.” on a lake. resulting in his death. published when nabokov was twelve.

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squirrelbrain
Herland: Easyread Comfort Edition | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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A soft pick for me. I find it amazing that this book was written over 100 years ago but, while some ideas are revolutionary, other themes are troubling; very much of their time.

I found it a little dry in places and the sudden ending was a let down but I‘m still glad I read it, hence the soft pick.

#pop22
#aboutorsetinanonpatriarchalsociety

BarbaraBB I loved another by her 3y
Cinfhen I knew the author sounded familiar @BarbaraBB !!! Nice pick, Helen 😁 3y
squirrelbrain I have to say @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen - The Yellow Wallpaper was a lot better than this one. 3y
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alisiakae I read this years ago in a Women's Lit class, and also felt she was quite ahead of her time in certain areas. 3y
jenniferw88 Have you done the #booked2022 prompt about a #nonpatriarchalsociety? This would work for that too! I'm doubling up my read for #pop22 and #booked2022 3y
squirrelbrain I already did that prompt @jenniferw88 🤦‍♀️ - I went down the eco-feminist route instead so I can‘t double-dip it! 3y
squirrelbrain Some parts could have been written now couldn‘t they? @4thhouseontheleft I also thought it was interesting she chose to write from a male POV. 3y
jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain ok, just thought I'd mention it if you hadn't! 😘 3y
KarenUK So glad you are in the #pop22 club! I didn‘t realize! I‘ll be tagging you too 😘 (edited) 3y
squirrelbrain I wasn‘t @KarenUK - trying not to do too many challenges this year. But then I realised I‘d read quite a lot of the prompts….so here I am! 3y
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