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Herland

Three men fly a biplane into a country that has had no men in it for two thousand years, and are promptly and politely locked up. You play Van, the sociologist of the three, who wants to understand the place while one companion wants to conquer it and the other to worship it. A hundred and twenty chapters of being asked, patiently and in good faith, to explain your own world — and failing.

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Chapters

1. Memory Without PapersA Remembered College Room
2. Three Old ClassmatesExpedition Office
3. The Woman-Land RumourUpper River Camp
4. Sweet Water SouthwestForest Path to the Marshy Lake
5. Red and Blue at the FallPool Beneath the Cataract
6. The Scarlet RagCataract Margin
7. A Private CompactReturn Trail to Camp
8. The Yacht Without PublicityTerry's Steam Yacht
9. One Month at the ConsulSafe Port and Consular Office
10. Armour on the LakeMarshy Lake Anchorage
11. The Triangle in MoonlightBiplane Above the Plateau
12. A Garden Seen from the AirLow Flight Across Herland
13. The Landing RockFlat Rock Above the Lake
14. The Food-Bearing ForestCultivated Border Forest
15. Laughter in the TreeFountain Glade
16. Three Names Among the BoughsHigh Branches Above the Glade
17. Velvet on a BranchOuter Limbs of the Great Tree
18. A Race Across the MeadowForest Edge and Open Meadow
19. The Rose-Stone TownHill Above the First Town
20. Roads Without SmokeMain Road into the Town
21. The Waiting RanksPaved Square in the Rose Town
22. Gifts Passed BackCenter of the Paved Square
23. The Gray BuildingEntrance of the Old Gray Hall
24. The Rush at the DoorThreshold of the Gray Hall
25. Inside the Gray HallInner Hall of the Gray Building
26. Waking in Three BedsHigh Room in the Mountain Fortress
27. Everything in the PocketsBedroom and Adjoining Bathroom
28. Breakfast Under GuardOuter Room of the Fortress Suite
29. The Parallel ColumnsFortress Schoolroom
30. Windows over the CliffHigh Windows of the Fortress
31. Garden and GymnasiumFortress Garden and Roof Gymnasium
32. Three TeachersFortress Study Room
33. Months of LanguageFortress Rooms Through the Seasons
34. The Map Without an OutsideFortress Map Room
35. Rope in the MoonlightLocked Fortress Bedroom
36. The Ledge Below the WallOuter Face of the Fortress Wall
37. Down the RiverbedFissure and Mountain Stream
38. Nights in the Marginal ForestForested Rim of Herland
39. The Landing Rock AgainOriginal Landing Rock
40. Three Girls on WatchLanding Rock Beside the Covered Plane
41. Biscuits and StonesOpen Ground Near the Landing Rock
42. The Knives RefusedCovered Biplane at Dawn
43. The Second ChaseOpen Rim Beyond the Biplane
44. A Chase Turned BackRing Around the Landing Rock
45. The Electric ReturnRoads from the Rim to the Fortress
46. The Question from the RoofFortress Roof Classroom
47. Cats That Do Not SingFortress Garden Lesson
48. Dogs Under QuestionGarden with the Silent Cats
49. Six Months in the FortressFortress Library at the Sixth Month
50. The Sea MapSea Map History Table
51. War and the Sealed PassSealed Pass Record Table
52. Revolt upon RevoltRevolt Record Table
53. Five Hundred SurvivorsSurvivors' History Alcove
54. The Daughter of MaaiaMaaia Genealogy Alcove
55. Five and Twenty-FiveRaised Genealogy in the Fortress
56. One Family of MothersFortress Genealogy Room
57. The Mother Spirit BeginsFortress Library by Evening Lamps
58. Work Without CompetitionFortress Workroom
59. What Poor MeansFortress Classroom after the Work Debate
60. The Globe They BuiltFortress Hall with the New Globe
61. Knowledge SharedPublic Study Hall
62. Why We Were KeptFortress Roof after Lessons
63. A Million MothersFortress Garden Classroom
64. The Pressure of NumbersFortress Library with Population Charts
65. The Council's LimitPopulation Council Records Room
66. One Child and the Over MothersQuiet Arbor near the Fortress
67. Health and the Lost Art of MedicineFortress Clinic and Exercise Garden
68. Trusted at LastFortress Receiving Room
69. Scissors and BeardsFortress Dressing Room
70. A Country TourRoad South from the Fortress
71. Names That Are EarnedTown House of Records
72. Three Million in a GardenTerraced Valley Overlook
73. The Forest ReplantedManaged Nut Forest
74. Everything Returned to the SoilValley Recovery Works
75. The Fault We Asked to SeeGuest House Veranda
76. The Criminal QuestionArchive Reading Room
77. The Highest ArtChild-Culture Gallery
78. The First Public LectureCity Assembly Hall
79. The Young AudienceOpen Youth Pavilion
80. Three Kinds of WelcomeCity Meeting Gardens
81. Their MenForesters' Meeting Ground
82. Courtship under ExaminationShaded Civic Walk
83. A Day with ElladorLake and Forest Path
84. At the Edge of Their WorldHigh Border Overlook
85. Who Carries the BasketOrchard Road
86. Terry's RebuffsForest Work Camp
87. No Tradition of MarriageSix Friends' Sitting Room
88. The Meaning of HomeForest Workers' Residence
89. Nothing to Smoke or DrinkCity Street at Night
90. The Festival of ChildrenNational Festival Ground
91. The Obernut MothForest Insect Station
92. Nursery CountryWarm Southern Nursery
93. Education Without SchoolingChildren's Learning Garden
94. A Child's First ChoicesToddler Practice Court
95. Citizenship in PlayOlder Children's Workshop
96. The Mother SpiritHill Temple Garden
97. The Horrible IdeaPath beside the Hill Temple
98. Temples of HelpVillage Temple Room
99. God and GrandfatherTemple Library Alcove
100. The Question of ImmortalityTemple Terrace at Dusk
101. Names as PossessionGreat Temple Antechamber
102. Three VowsCouncil Room of the Great Temple
103. The Hymn of New LifeGreat Temple
104. Separate RoomsMarried Couples' Residence
105. What Love MeansEllador's Outer Room
106. Friendship Without PossessionForest and Lake Circuit
107. The First WeekMorning Forestry Route
108. A Door RefusedWomen's Residence Walk
109. A Cry in the PassageResidence Passage
110. Alima Calls MoadineResidence Passage and Room
111. The Local Judgment HallLocal Judgment Hall
112. The Prisoner in the GardenGuarded Garden
113. The Flight ProblemDeparture Planning Room
114. What the World May HoldMap Room before Departure
115. More Than a YearNational Study Chamber
116. A Private MorningCelis's Outer Room
117. No Final MeetingGuarded Garden Veranda
118. Fuel and FarewellsLanding Rock by the Hooded Flyer
119. The Council's TermsNational Council Chamber
120. Leaving HerlandLanding Rock above the Lake

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