The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings
$16.98
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
31 March 1999
Summary
Known primarily for her classic and haunting story “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an enormously influential American feminist and sociologist. Her early-twentieth-century writings continue to inspire writers and activists today. This collection includes selections from both her fiction and nonfiction work.
In addition to the title story, there are seven short stories collected here that combine humor, anger, and startling vision to suggest how women’s “place” in …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553213751 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 055321375X |
| Author: | Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 1999 |
| Weight: | 147g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 107mm x 171mm |
| Audience Age: | 14-18 |
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a feminist, author, critic, and theorist. She was born on July 3, 1860, in Hartford, Connecticut.
In 1884, she married Charles Walter Stetson. The following year, she gave birth to a daughter and subsequently experienced severe bouts of depression. She eventually moved to California, obtained a divorce, and granted custody of her daughter to her husband, which caused a scandal.
In 1892, her short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” was published, marking the beginning of her dedicated writing and social activism. She became a contributing editor for The American Fabian and advocated for reforms aligned with her socialist and feminist beliefs. Her seminal work, Women and Economics (1898), gained international acclaim and was translated into seven languages.
In 1900, she married George Houghton Gilman. For seven years, she wrote and edited her own magazine, The Forerunner. During this period, she also published ten additional books, including The Home (1902), Human Works (1904), and The Man-Made World: Our Androcentric Culture (1911). Her notable utopian novel, Herland, was released in 1915.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman died by suicide in 1935, while suffering from breast cancer.
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