The Yellow Wall-Paper and Selected Writings

Introduction by Kate Bolick

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The Yellow Wall-Paper and Selected Writings

A collection of the groundbreaking feminist writer's most famous works, with a thought-provoking introduction by bestselling author Kate Bolick.

A Penguin Vitae Edition

Wonderfully sardonic and slyly humorous, the writings of landmark American feminist and socialist thinker Charlotte Perkins Gilman were penned in response to her frustrations with the gender-based double standard that prevailed in America as the twentieth century began. Perhaps best known for her chilling depiction of a woman's mental breakdown in her unforgettable 1892 short story "The Yellow Wall-Paper," Gilman also wrote Herland, a wry novel that imagines a peaceful, progressive country from which men have been absent for 2,000 years. Both are included in The Yellow Wall-Paper and Selected Writings, along with a selection of Gilman's major short…

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February 25, 2020

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American author, sociologist, and early feminist. In addition to her well-known fiction, including The Yellow Wallpaper, she wrote a considerable amount of long- and short-form long fiction, including many explicitly feminist pieces.