![]() ![]() So simple, and so lovable, with its wide variety of strong, assertive female characters. ![]() Although widely acclaimed for her semi autobiographical The Yellow Wall-Paper, I found her other short stories to be so much more enjoyable. Clearly an exception to the mixed bag rule, nearly all of the stories being good or better, noting “The Good” ones may even feel excellent for others. This may be one of the best collections I’ve ever read. These charming tales are not only highly readable and full of humor and invention, but also offer ample food for thought about the social, economic, and personal relationship of men and women - and how they might be improved.Ī collection of short stories by renowned Charlotte Perkins Gilman. ![]() Peebles' Heart," a liberating tale of a fiftyish shopkeeper whose sister-in-law, a doctor, persuades him to take a solo trip to Europe, with revivifying results "The Yellow Wallpaper" and three other outstanding stories. Written from a feminist perspective, often focusing on the inferior status accorded to women by society, the tales include "turned," an ironic story with a startling twist, in which a husband seduces and impregnates a naïve servant "Cottagette," concerning the romance of a young artist and a man who's apparently too good to be true "Mr. ![]() Best known for the 1892 title story of this collection, a harrowing tale of a woman's descent into madness, Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote more than 200 other short stories. ![]()
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