[COMPLETE/FEMINIST FIC] With Her in Ourland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - tg

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With Her in Ourland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 - 1935).

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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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Still setting this up...
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OK, text link is now available, and the project is ready for claims!
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Post by catem »

Hi Tricia,
I'd be interested in trying Chapter 3 - however in the subject line I noticed it indicates "Grp"... ?
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GRP must means it's a group project as opposed to a solo.

I'll put you in for chapter 3. Thank you! 8-)
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Thank you!
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Beautifully read - thank you! Section 3 PL OK

Would you like any more? :)
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Thanks! :)

Then... could I sign up for chapter 5?
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Certainly! You're in for 5. :)
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Post by plaidsicle »

can I claim chapters I and II to start with? I've never heard of these stories before but they sound strangely fascinating.
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You bet! Thanks for claiming. :)

I hadn't read them before, either. I found this as a very old book suggestion and launched it to finish off the trilogy.
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Post by onhyattus »

Hi

Can I take 8-11 inclusive?

Thanks

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I've added you in. Thanks! 8-)

(If I may be so bold, I would like to advise you to do some more recording before claiming more sections in projects. I see you're now up to 13 claimed chapters, which is probably enough for now. Submit a couple, then claim a couple more. They aren't going to be all snatched up before you are able to claim them.) :wink:
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would you like me to read the Synopsis of Herland at the top above Chapter I?
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