Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Books and biography

´The Crux´, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a fictional novel about an entrepreneurial group of women in North America. First published as part of a series in the feminist journal ´The Forerunner´ in...

Often referred to as a 'sociological study', ´The Home: Its Work and Influence´ – written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published in 1903 – is an examination of the traditional household structure and...

'Herland' is a adventurous book that looks at what an all female utopia could look like. Written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the story is about three explorers that crash land in a community where women...

A fictional autobiography of an 18-year-old who attempts to overcome hardship by way of her intellect and strong-mindedness, 'Benigna Machiavelli' tells the story of her brave battle to free her family...

'Moving the Mountain' (1911) is a novel by American feminist and writer, Charlotte Gilman. It is the first book of her classic utopian feminist trilogy that includes 'Herland' (1915) and 'With Her in...

Publicado pela primeira vez em 1915, Terra das mulheres mostra como seria uma sociedade utópica composta unicamente por mulheres. Antes de o leitor encontrar a suposta maravilha dessa utopia, terá de...

In 1892 a furious Charlotte Perkins Gilman put pen to paper and created the avant-garde feminist work The Yellow Wallpaper as a warning – in this haunting Gothic tale, a woman is confined to a room and...

Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book describes an isolated society composed entirely of women who reproduce via parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction)....

Moving the Mountain is novel written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It was published serially in Perkins Gilman's periodical The Forerunner and then in book form, both in 1911. The book was one element...

"The Yellow Wallpaper (original title: "The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story") is a 6,000-word short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England...

This is written from memory, unfortunately. If I could have brought with me the material I so carefully prepared, this would be a very different story. Whole books full of notes, carefully copied records,...

Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book describes an isolated society composed entirely of women, who reproduce via parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction)....

The Yellow Wallpaper (original title: "The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story") is a short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It...

It is very seldom that mere ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer. A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic...

Moving the Mountain is novel written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It was published serially in Perkins Gilman's periodical The Forerunner and then in book form, both in 1911. The book was one element...

Edited with a new introduction by Aimee McLaughlin"The Yellow Wallpaper" by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892, is regarded as an important early work of American...

"In place of happy love, lonely pain. In place of motherhood, disease. Misery and shame, child. Medicine and surgery, and never any possibility of any child for me." First published in her magazine The...

Sequel to Herland. Published serially in the author's monthly magazine, Forerunner, volume 7 (1916). Herland described an all-women utopia in a secluded high valley, where 3 adventurous young men visit...

Herland est un roman utopique de 1915, écrit par Perkins féministe Charlotte Gilman. Le livre décrit une société isolée composée entièrement de femmes qui se reproduisent par parthénogenèse (reproduction...

A liberal feminist text. Rather than considering what is appropriate masculine or feminine behaviour, we should investigate what it is to be human.

Presented in the first person, the story is a collection of journal entries written by a woman (Jane) whose physician husband (John) has confined her to the upstairs bedroom of a house he has rented for...

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a 6,000-word short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American...

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935),...

A powerful collection of early feminist stories from the activist and writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman.Gilman created a world that could be viewed from the feminist gaze. She focused on how women were...

A fantasy from an early feminist writer who dared explore a world without men.A lost-world fantasy in the tradition of Arthur Conan Doyle and the Utopianism of William Morris, Herland inverted expectations...

Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms.In this haunting short story, a woman details her confinement in an old mansion...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Herland Trilogy" presents a compelling exploration of feminist utopia through its three interconnected narratives: "Moving the Mountain," "Herland," and "With Her in Ourland."...

First published serially in Gilman's magazine the Forerunner in 1909-10, the novel tells the story of Diantha Bell, a young woman who leaves her home and her fiancé to start a housecleaning business....

In "The Complete Herland Trilogy: Moving the Mountain, Herland & With Her in Ourland," Charlotte Perkins Gilman explores utopian themes through a feminist lens, presenting a compelling narrative that...

In "Women and Economics," Charlotte Perkins Gilman presents a compelling examination of the economic roles of women in society, arguing for their financial independence and the structural changes necessary...