Herland - formato ePub

Está despojado, el papel, en grandes parches. . . El color es repelente. . . En los lugares donde no se ha desvanecido y donde está el sol, puedo ver una figura extraña, provocadora y sin forma, que parece...

En esta recopilación se puede apreciar la maestría de Charlotte Perkins Gilman para el cuento corto, reflexivo y con gran conciencia social.Textos divertidos a la par que trágicos, donde sus protagonistas...

Publicado por primera vez en 1892, El tapiz amarillo está escrito como el diario secreto de una mujer que, debilitado su gusto por el matrimonio y la maternidad, es obligada a una cura de reposo en el...

Mujeres y economía (1898) es el primer ensayo de la escritora norteamericana Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935). Prácticamente desconocida en nuestro país, dentro del ámbito anglosajón está considerada...

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...

Mary Shelley, Rosa Mulholland, Emma Frances Dawson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Madeline Yale Wynne, Violet Hunt, Vernon Lee. Es evidente que hoy la literatura de terror ganó una centralidad que hasta hace...

La historia de la literatura universal está plagada de ejemplos de mujeres malignas que han manipulado la voluntad de los hombres utilizando como armas su inteligencia y belleza, mostrando la debilidad...

Mujeres que reclaman su derecho a trabajar en un mundo de hombres, valientes guerreras indias, forajidas del Oeste americano, inmigrantes sin pelos en la lengua, heroínas atrapadas en tenebrosos bosques…...

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. Seven of her finest are reprinted...

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

The Yellow Wallpaper is a fascinating portrayal of a woman's descent into psychosis through being confined 'for her own good' by her well-meaning husband to cure her of mild hysteria. It's an absolutely...

Women and Economics – A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution is a book written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published in 1898. It is considered by many...

Long out of print, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's novel The Crux is an important early feminist work that brings to the fore complicated issues of gender, citizenship, eugenics, and frontier nationalism....

"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...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American feminist, sociologist, novelist, poet, scientific writer, teacher and social reformer. Gilman became a role model for a future feminists' generation. Her most...

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 by airplane. Eventually,...

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Diana speaks. Gods answer.Aedlynn strikes. Enemies fall.In the realm where gods dance with mortals, Diana's prayers wield unimaginable power. But when a deadly sickness threatens to consume her, she strikes...

For most of us in Britain, the Mafia seems as distant as the characters in "Goodfellas," "Gomorrah," or "The Godfather" trilogy. However, the truth is far more sinister.Drawing from his groundbreaking...

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Rhys and Catrin become embroiled in murder when King Edward summons all the bards of Wales ...September 1284. Catrin and Rhys have traveled with the royal court to Overton-on-Dee where King Edward has...

In the midst of uncertainty and longing, " Echoes of Love and War " tells the poignant story of Jessica and Ryan, whose love is tested by time and distance. As Ryan is deployed to Israel for military...

He's the king of Vegas nightlife. She's his fiercest rival. One wild night changes everything. Zack I rule Vegas nightlife. Clubs, money, women—I have it all. Until one wild night with my biggest rival,...

Josh Malerman is a master weaver of stories-and in this spine-chilling collection he spins five twisted tales from the shadows of the human soul: A sister tells her little brother that HALF THE HOUSE...

A twisty and wickedly funny murder mystery One murder. A school full of suspects...'I loved it! Throw a murder into the politics of the school gates and the parents WhatsApp groups and you have a...

The second in a brand-new trilogy from bestselling author Kay Brelland, inspired by true events, following A Daughter's Heartbreak.Abandoned twice, can he find a way to trust again?When orphaned Jake...

Henry Nash has hauled his way from a working class childhood in Bradford, through an undergraduate degree at Oxford, and into adulthood and an academic elite. But still, he can't escape his anger. As...

LONGLISTED: Exeter Novel Prize Cast out for a crime A holy hermit his only protector Seven-year-old Wilfrid lives a privileged life as the eldest son of the warmaster to the King of Northumbria. But his...

Juno Browne, self-proclaimed Domestic Goddess who can turn her hand to cleaning, dog walking or home help jobs, is feeling overworked and underpaid. Her elderly client, Maisie is demanding more of her...

New from USA Today & International Bestseller Grace Callaway In the Blackwood Legacy series, the adult children of the Marquess and Marchioness of Blackwood (The Lady Who Came in from the Cold) must...

A KILLER ESCAPED. A DETECTIVE TRAPPED. A MANOR OF SECRETS. In the heart of the White Mountains, a chilling secret lies within the walls of an old-money manor. Asha Kade, a fierce private detective with...

Venture into this epic Norse mythology series in the Eschaton Cycle historical fantasy universe. The soul-stealing Mist quickens. Within, its children hunt for the man who would be a god.Odin has awakened...

My boyfriend is trying to kill me, but that's alright—I'm trying to kill him, too.Alright, maybe "boyfriend" is a stretch, here. What Graham and I are doing is much more casual than that. I figured it...

When the quiet audio tech meets the magnetic new drag queen, their fling feels inevitable. But far more than their hearts could break. Considering he never expected to make it to adulthood, the life Lee...

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Harper had built walls so high around her heart that she'd lost sight of the world outside. Years of pushing people away became her refuge, each departure confirming her deepest fears. As she faces the...

So Noah and me, we're waking up together at last in a beautiful tropical paradise.Romantic, right?The trouble is, we don't know how we got here, who's watching us, or when -- or if-- we'll ever be allowed...

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