Science Fiction Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: Herland, v1.2, 20 Sept 2007.

[Patricia]

Herland
by Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman
[1915]

A feminist Utopia. Three men blunder into a society of women.

From Sacred-texts.com’s notes:

Gilman's feminist novel, ‘Herland’ was one of a flood of utopian books at the turn of the 20th century where sex roles are inverted. Gilman imagined a society where women not only rule, but are the only gender. Reproducing by parthenogenesis, they worship a female deity. This particular book later became a must-read for the second-wave feminists, particularly the 'separatist' wing.

Edited to add:
I have taken down v1 and replaced it with a new version incorporating seven corrections. The original was downloaded 9 times.

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[Anais9000]

A fun read, and very clean etext; only noted these errors:

and nose—an order of swimming sweetness
and nose—an odor of swimming sweetness

two or three kinds, "that that"
two or three kinds, "and that"

It's likely women— just a pack of women—would have hung together like that!
It's unlikely women—just a pack of women—would have hung together like that!

Alma, black-and-white-and-red, a blazing beauty.
Alima, black-and-white-and-red, a blazing beauty.

seeing me flounder
seeing me founder

every so many
ever so many

But there are you again
But there you are again

[Patricia]

Thank you for the corrections, Anais9000. They have been included in the newly updated version.

Please would some kind moderator retitle this thread as v1.2 ?
Also the parallel thread in the mobi uploads section.
Thanks.

[RWood]

Both BBeB and PRC threads renamed.

[Patricia]

Thanks, Wood.