Herland

ANNOTATION

Describes a society of women discovered by three male explorers who are now forced to reexamine their assumptions about women's roles in society.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

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. Mischievous, ironic approach used to telling effect.

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