Herland and Selected Stories
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 9780451525628 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780451525628 Global Overview for this book
Registered by GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 3/22/2021
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I found this paperback at a local Goodwill thrift shop. It contains a good selection of Gilman's work, including the feminist-utopia "Herland" and her classic short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" - that's been one of my favorite psychological-suspense tales for ages. (There have been a couple of screen adaptations of the story and at least one stage adaptation, though for me the text remains the most riveting - and harrowing.)
Of the others, I've only nibbled at a couple of other stories: "When I was a Witch" (a mostly-humorous tale about a woman who gains the ability to avenge cruelty and rudeness), and "If I Were a Man" (in which the heroine wakes one day to find that she's become her husband, and describes the unusual freedoms of male dress and social approbation). They're interesting, but I thought they tended to go on a bit too long after the point had already been made, so I expect I'll leave the rest unread.
[There's a TV Tropes page on "The Yellow Wallpaper", with some entertaining tidbits.]
Of the others, I've only nibbled at a couple of other stories: "When I was a Witch" (a mostly-humorous tale about a woman who gains the ability to avenge cruelty and rudeness), and "If I Were a Man" (in which the heroine wakes one day to find that she's become her husband, and describes the unusual freedoms of male dress and social approbation). They're interesting, but I thought they tended to go on a bit too long after the point had already been made, so I expect I'll leave the rest unread.
[There's a TV Tropes page on "The Yellow Wallpaper", with some entertaining tidbits.]
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at Little Free Library, Hickory St. in Manchester, New Hampshire USA on Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Released 3 yrs ago (3/30/2021 UTC) at Little Free Library, Hickory St. in Manchester, New Hampshire USA
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I left this book in the Little Free Library on this lovely day; hope someone enjoys it!
[See other recent releases in NH here.]
*** Released for the 2021 Oh the Places We Can Go challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2021 4 Elements challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2021 Movie challenge. ***
*** Released for the 2021 Theater challenge. ***