Harmonize public domain information and license across files Update colophon/imprint boilerplate to new standards Read about which file to download and how to transfer them to your ereader. You may also be interested in our Kobo FAQ.Īdvanced epub â An advanced format that uses the latest technology not yet fully supported by most ereaders. Also download the Kindle cover thumbnail to see the cover in your Kindleâs library. It is the second in Gilmanâs Utopian trilogy, along with Moving the Mountain and With Her in Ourland.Ĭompatible epub â All devices and apps except Kindles and Kobos.Īzw3 â Kindle devices and apps.
Originally published serially in The Forerunner in 1915, Herland was not republished as a standalone work until decades later. In contrast to many womenâs publications of the day, Gilman advocated for equal rights and expanded social roles for women. Because she chose to run no advertisements, she covered the cost of printing the magazine herself. She founded The Forerunner, a monthly magazine for which she personally wrote every article, story, and poem. Although the main characters are men, their role is to show us how their notions about society and womanhood are humorously upturned.Ĭharlotte Perkins Gilman was an outspoken activist and suffragist, most famous nowadays for her short story âThe Yellow Wallpaper.â As a writer, she was stunningly prolific. The residents subsist on food from cultivated forests, maintain immaculate houses and roads, and reproduce asexually through parthenogenesis. There are no men, nor is there war, poverty, or crime. This country hidden in the mountains is a feminist utopia. Three male explorers set out to reach a legendary land where only women live, and findâto their surpriseâthat the legends are true. Standard Ebooksĥ3,662 words (3 hours 16 minutes) with a reading ease of 71.44 (fairly easy) Herland, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover.
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