{"id":45700,"date":"2019-09-01T15:10:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T19:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=45700"},"modified":"2019-08-31T10:36:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T14:36:49","slug":"herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/herland-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Herland-Charlotte-Perkins-Gilman-BookDragon-1-534x800.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-45721\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Herland-Charlotte-Perkins-Gilman-BookDragon-1-534x800.jpg 534w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Herland-Charlotte-Perkins-Gilman-BookDragon-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Herland-Charlotte-Perkins-Gilman-BookDragon-1-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/08\/Herland-Charlotte-Perkins-Gilman-BookDragon-1.jpg 907w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/>Best known for her canonic, autobiographical short story, \u201cThe Yellow Wallpaper,\u201d and her nonfiction declaration,&nbsp;<em>Women and Economics<\/em>, Charlotte Perkins Gilman remains one of history\u2019s greatest feminists. Written in 1915,&nbsp;<em>Herland<\/em>&nbsp;was initially serialized in Gilman\u2019s own magazine,&nbsp;<em>The Forerunner<\/em>, but didn\u2019t appear in book-form until 1979. That she created a utopic matriarchal paradise \u2013 three men discover a woman-run society in which they\u2019re treated well during their captivity (!) and eventually released \u2013 in her fiction is not surprising.<\/p>\n<p>The first audio adaptation appeared in 2011, amiably read by veteran voice actor William Dufris, whose almost languid delivery adds a welcoming sense of camaraderie, as if he\u2019s revealing a secretive adventure.&nbsp;<em>Herland&nbsp;<\/em>is the second \u2013 and best-known, critically and academically \u2013 in Gilman\u2019s posthumously named Utopian trilogy, preceded by&nbsp;<em>Moving the Mountain<\/em>&nbsp;and followed by&nbsp;<em>With Her in Ourland.<\/em>&nbsp;Her final title,&nbsp;<em>The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: An Autobiography,&nbsp;<\/em>published after her death in 1935, also included her suicide note in the final chapter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Herland-\/pid=9723387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Herland-\/pid=9723387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Booklist Online<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Herland-\/pid=9723387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">, August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 1915, 2011 (audio)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Best known for her canonic, autobiographical short story, \u201cThe Yellow Wallpaper,\u201d and her nonfiction declaration,&nbsp;Women and Economics, Charlotte Perkins Gilman remains one of history\u2019s greatest feminists. Written in 1915,&nbsp;Herland&nbsp;was initially serialized in Gilman\u2019s own magazine,&nbsp;The Forerunner, but didn\u2019t appear in book-form until 1979. 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