Gliederung/ Plot Summary of
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's
Herland (1915)
1. A Not Unnnatural
Enterprise 3 (1)
Airplane survey
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Terry-- man's man, playboy. tackless, explorer--boldly
go guy, independently wealthy --piglet. Classic patrairch
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Jeff -- Southern gentleman, chivalrous, puts women
on a pedestal.
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Van --- sociologist, scientist, very clinical, sexist
in the beginning but capable of being educated,
2. Rash Avances
15 (13)
Return to explore
3. A Peculiar
Imprisonment 26 (24)
Captured
4. Our Venture
39 (37)
Attempted escape
5. A Unique
History 51 (49)
Learning about Herland
6. Comparisons
Are Odious 63 (62)
More exegesis
7. Our Growing
Modesty 74 (73)
Even more explanations
8. The Girls
of Herland 85 (84)
9. Our Relations
and Theirs 97 (96)
About families and education
10. Their Relations
and Our Marriages 110 (109)
Discussion of Religion
11. Our Difficulties
121 (121)
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