The Left Hand of Darkness
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Chapter 1  Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20
Themes
All Themes Truth and Storytelling Sex, Gender, and Behavior Duty and Loyalty Otherness and Connectedness Light and Dark, Religion and Spirituality
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Characters
All Characters Genly Ai Therem Harth rem ir Estraven (Estraven) King Argaven XV Pemmer Harge rem ir Tibe (Tibe) Ashe Foreth
Terms
All Terms Gethen Envoy / Mobile Investigators Karhide Orgoreyn Ekumen Erhenrang Foray Gun Kyorremy Karosh / Island Shifgrethor Kemmer Vow Kemmering Hearth Pering Ice Gobrin Ice Ansible Communicator Foretellers Yomeshta Handdara Sinoth Valley Landboat Terra Fastness Otherhord Mindspeech Dothe Thangen Old Men of the Handdara Nusuth Weaver Pervert Question of Shorth Shelt Mishnory Inspectors Sarf Open Trade Faction The Thirty-Three Commensal Turuf Mindchange Pesthry Hain Kurkurast Sassinoth Hermaphroditic Neuter
Symbols
All Symbols Keystone Shadows
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allegory Allusions Dramatic Irony Foil Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Paradox Satire Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator
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