Herland

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Narrated by: Joanna Bates

Herland takes the listener on a fascinating journey into a utopian society comprised entirely of women. A society with no men also means no conflict, resulting in a war-free existence. It is a perfect world, but only if you are female.

Three men set out on a journey into uncharted territory to discover for themselves if the legend of an all-female society is a myth or actually a reality. Tracking down the mythical realm of women poses plenty of challenges, but what they ultimately find is both enchanting and frightening.

In an age when feminism was still considered a fringe concept, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's many works ventured into unfamiliar territory. She was not only a novelist but wrote a number of nonfiction titles, as well as poetry. For feminists of the era, Mrs. Gilman was considered a role model due to her unorthodox and progressive ideas.

Public Domain (P)2016 A.R.N. Publications

Must have been amazing in 1915

This book must have been amazing when it was serialized in 1915. I had hoped to love it, but found that there were too many pages of people telling each other things. Select your reader carefully. The author is a woman, but the book is the memoir of a man. I selected the woman reader, but may have enjoyed a male reader more, because the book is from a man’s point of view. The woman reader’s performance is excellent, but I may listen to it again with the male reader.

splendid

I only wish it was longer. Truly changed my heart. I must find a copy.

This will make you question our purposes

I guess we have to wait for an imaginative author like Charlotte Perkins Gilman to make us look objectively at our civilization and think about how we could make things better even though we have messed it up so terribly for so many years. The analysis she makes of Our Own civilization brings out so many important points worth noting that I can easily overlook some of the things that seemed a little too far beyond belief.