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 stories and her poems. New York Times bestselling author Kate Bolick contributes an illuminating introduction that expl
