A collection of the groundbreaking feminist writer's most famous works with a
thought-provoking introduction by bestselling author Kate Bolick. A Penguin Vitae Edition
Wonderfully sardonic and slyly humorous the writings of landmark American feminist and
socialist thinker Charlotte Perkins Gilman were penned in response to her frustrations with the
gender-based double standard that prevailed in America as the twentieth century began. Perhaps
best known for her chilling depiction of a woman's mental breakdown in her unforgettable 1892
short story "The Yellow Wall-Paper " Gilman also wrote Herland a wry novel that imagines a
peaceful progressive country from which men have been absent for 2 000 years. Both are
included in The Yellow Wall-Paper and Selected Writings along with a selection of Gilman's
major short stories and her poems. New York Times bestselling author Kate Bolick contributes an
illuminating introduction that explores Gilman's fascinating yet complicated life. Penguin
Classics launches a new hardcover series with five American classics that are relevant and
timeless in their power and part of a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and
nonfiction from almost seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides
readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives and
welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration intellectual
engagement and creative originality.
