The Yellow Wallpaper features the writings of an American feminist and socialist thinker.
The Classic - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
In 1892, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s landmark feminist fiction gripped readers as a true gothic horror story. The Yellow Wallpaper follows a narrator suffering from what is now known as post-partum depression and anxiety while trying to maintain the appearance of a perfect life.
The Yellow Wallpaper & Herland
by Perkins Gilman, Charlotte
Read an excerpt from The Yellow Wallpaper.
'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 scrutinizing 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...
Herland, first published in 1915, follows a group of three men as they arrive in a female-only society. Peace and tranquillity thrive in this utopian land, forcing the explorers to question how their own corrupted, male-dominated world can survive.
Our Modern Companion - The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
Similarly, decades later, Liane Moriarty illustrated how post-partum depression not only affects a woman's life but also those around them in her mystery novel, The Last Anniversary.
The Last Anniversary
by Moriarty, Liane
Read an excerpt from The Last Anniversary.
From Liane Moriarty, author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers, comes an unforgettable novel defined by her signature sharp wit, page-turning storyline, and lovable and eccentric characters.
A family secret explodes. A first kiss betrays. A mystery is solved. A marriage is tested. It all happens on one extraordinary night--the Last Anniversary!
Sophie Honeywell always wondered if Thomas Gordon was the one who got away. He was the perfect boyfriend, but on the day he was going to propose, she broke his heart. A year later he married his travel agent, while Sophie has been mortifyingly single ever since. Now Thomas is back in her life because Sophie has unexpectedly inherited his aunt Connie's house on Scribbly Gum Island--home of the famously unsolved Munro Baby mystery.
Sophie moves onto the island and begins a new life as part of an unconventional family, where it seems everyone has a secret. Grace, a beautiful young mother, is feverishly planning a shocking escape from her perfect life. Margie, a frumpy housewife, has made a pact with a stranger, while dreamy Aunt Rose wonders if maybe it's about time she started making her own decisions.
As Sophie's life becomes increasingly complicated, she discovers that sometimes you have to stop waiting around--and come up with your own fairy-tale ending.
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