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EPISODE · Jun 26, 2008 · 29 MIN

11 – Our Difficulties

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Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 - 1935) LibriVox Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book describes an isolated society comprised entirely of Aryan women who reproduce via parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction). The result is an ideal social order, free of war, conflict and domination. It first appeared as a serial in Perkins' monthly magazine Forerunner. (Summary from Wikipedia) Moving the Mountain Charlotte Perkins Gilman Moving the Mountain is a groundbreaking feminist utopian novel by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in her periodical The Forerunner and later as a book in 1911. This work is a significant contribution to the wave of utopian and dystopian literature that emerged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As the first entry in Gilmans utopian trilogy, it sets the stage for her subsequent works, including the renowned Herland (1915) and its sequel, With Her in Ourland (1916). The story follows John Robertson, who, after being lost in Tibet for thirty years, returns to a radically transformed America, guided back by his sister Nellie. (Summary by Wikipedia and Elizabeth Klett) This show includes AI-generated content. Moving the Mountain by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 - 1935) LibriVox Moving the Mountain is a feminist utopian novel written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It was published serially in Perkins Gilman's periodical The Forerunner and then in book form, both in 1911. The book was one element in the major wave of utopian and dystopian literature that marked the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The novel was also the first volume in Gilman's utopian trilogy; it was followed by the famous Herland (1915) and its sequel, With Her in Ourland (1916). John Robertson, lost in Tibet for thirty years, is finally brought back to America by his sister Nellie, only to find his society completely transformed. (Summary by Wikipedia and Elizabeth Klett) With Her in Ourland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 - 1935) LibriVox Third in the trilogy of the feminist classics, after Moving the Mountain and Herland. It was published serially in Perkins Gilman's periodical The Forerunner. In Herland, three American young men discover a country inhabited solely by women, who were parthenogenetic (asexual procreation), and had borne only girl children for two thousand years; they marry three of the women. Two of the men and one woman leave the country of Herland to return to America; Jeff Margrave remaining in Herland with his wife, Celis, a willing citizen; Terry O. Nicholson being expelled from Herland for bad conduct; and Ellador electing to leave Herland with her husband, Vandyck Jennings. We now continue the story, told from the viewpoint of Vandyck Jennings, as they return to America. (Summary from the text and by TriciaG)

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