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‘There are things in that wallpaper that nobody knows about but me, or ever will’
Hailed as one of the most distinctive and compelling literary voices of her era, Charlotte Perkins Gilman is praised today for her ground-breaking, feminist writing. Collected here, both The Yellow Wallpaper and Herland are extraordinary for scrutinising the patriarchal norms of turn-of-the-century America.
In The Yellow Wallpaper a woman frantically paces the empty nursery at the top of a secluded mansion. Her husband John, a physician, is of no comfort and she can’t bear to sit with the new baby as his crying makes her much too nervous. And then there’s the putrid, yellow wallpaper which seems to shift and creep around the room before her very eyes…
Product details
Publisher : William Collins (20 Jan. 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 384 pages
ISBN-10 : 000852792X
ISBN-13 : 978-0008527921
Dimensions : 11.43 x 1.91 x 18.42 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 9,617 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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