The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Enjoy 7 thought-provoking stories that employ charm and humor to examine relations between the sexes from a feminist perspective. In addition to the title story, an 1892 classic that recounts a woman's descent into madness, this collection includes such masterful stories as "Cottagette," "Turned," "Mr. Peebles' Heart," and more.

Audiobook

Published March 27, 2011

About the author

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), also known as Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was a prominent American sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction, and a lecturer for social reform. She was a utopian feminist during a time when her accomplishments were exceptional for women, and she served as a role model for future generations of feminists because of her unorthodox concepts and lifestyle. Her best remembered work today is her semi-autobiographical short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper", which she wrote after a severe bout of post-partum depression.

She was the daughter of Frederic B. Perkins.

Reviews

[MAKI · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a splendid read this was!

I thought that it was going to be full of political messages, of accusations and so called hard truths considering the fact that whenever this book is talked about the word “feminism” is being mentioned in the same breath.

But luckily and surprisingly it’s true literature. Of course it can be highly productive for a discussion of gender roles and society but take away the feminism aspect and you are left with a rather ambiguous and dreamcore aesthetic for some of the stories where you can’t say wether it’s cynicism or wether you have to take the bare text as serious. Something in between seems to be the case.

Fleshed out characters that don’t go into the extreme of superficial structures like “either good or bad”, very well crafted life situations, optimism without naiveness and a fast past prose make this a highly recommend read.