Herland
- 152
- Pages
- about 3 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Herland” is a provocative feminist utopia from 1915 whose ideas still invite argument. Gilman imagines an isolated country of women who have children without men and have built a society free of war and domination. Some readers find its questions about gender still relevant; others object to its eugenics and to a view that reduces womanhood to motherhood. It is the middle book of a utopian trilogy, followed by “With Her in Ourland”.
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About the book
Herland is a 1915 feminist utopian novel written by American feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book describes an isolated society composed entirely of women, who bear children without men. The result is an ideal social order: free of war, conflict, and domination. It was first published in monthly installments as a serial in 1915 in The Forerunner, a magazine edited and written by Gilman between 1909 and 1916, with its sequel, With Her in Ourland beginning immediately thereafter in the January 1916 issue. The book is often considered to be the middle volume in her utopian trilogy, preceded by Moving the Mountain (1911). It was not published in book form until 1979.
Reading order · The Herland Trilogy
Full order & progress →- Moving the MountainStart hereMoving the Mountain–Not ranked yet
- HerlandThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - With Her in OurlandWith Her in Ourland–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.8 across 57 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 28% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Classics average of 7.7. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 10 | 18% |
| Hardcover | 6.6 | 47 | 83% |
Frequently asked
How long is Herland?
It has 152 pages — shorter than 99% of the ranked books in Classics.
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