The Harrad Experiment
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What if a college dared to dismantle every social convention surrounding love, sex, and human intimacy — and replaced them with radical honesty? The Harrad Experiment is a provocative work of modern fiction set at the fictional Harrad College, a co-educational institution where male and female students are assigned as roommates and guided through a bold social and sexual curriculum designed to foster deep human connection free from jealousy, possessiveness, and shame. Told through the interwoven diary entries of several students, Robert H. Rimmer chronicles their emotional and intellectual awakening as they navigate love triangles, shifting loyalties, and the profound question of whether human beings are truly capable of loving more than one person at a time. First published in 1966, the novel became a countercultural touchstone of the sexual revolution, selling millions of copies and igniting fierce debate about the nature of monogamy, freedom, and ethical relationships — themes that remain startlingly relevant today. Rimmer writes with the earnest, utopian conviction of a social philosopher, blending fiction with manifesto to argue that society's rigid romantic norms cause more harm than liberation. The result is a work that is by turns tender, challenging, and deeply humanistic, leaving the reader to wonder: if the experiment were real, would you dare to enrol?
Author: Robert H. Rimmer
Format: Paperback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What if a college dared to dismantle every social convention surrounding love, sex, and human intimacy — and replaced them with radical honesty? The Harrad Experiment is a provocative work of modern fiction set at the fictional Harrad College, a co-educational institution where male and female students are assigned as roommates and guided through a bold social and sexual curriculum designed to foster deep human connection free from jealousy, possessiveness, and shame. Told through the interwoven diary entries of several students, Robert H. Rimmer chronicles their emotional and intellectual awakening as they navigate love triangles, shifting loyalties, and the profound question of whether human beings are truly capable of loving more than one person at a time. First published in 1966, the novel became a countercultural touchstone of the sexual revolution, selling millions of copies and igniting fierce debate about the nature of monogamy, freedom, and ethical relationships — themes that remain startlingly relevant today. Rimmer writes with the earnest, utopian conviction of a social philosopher, blending fiction with manifesto to argue that society's rigid romantic norms cause more harm than liberation. The result is a work that is by turns tender, challenging, and deeply humanistic, leaving the reader to wonder: if the experiment were real, would you dare to enrol?