The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

Name: The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
ISBN: 9781452671758

Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Narrator: Kirsten Potter

Unabridged: 4 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/19/2011

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

This collection brings together twelve of the finest short stories of prominent American feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman. "The Yellow Wallpaper," Gilman's best-known work, was first published in 1892 and represents an important examination of nineteenth-century attitudes toward women's physical and mental health. Written as a collection of journal entries by a woman whose physician husband has confined her to her bedroom, the story depicts the narrator's descent into psychosis as her confinement gradually erodes her sanity. This collection also includes the stories "The Giant Wistaria," "According to Solomon," "The Boys and the Butter," "Her Housekeeper," "Martha's Mother," "A Middle-Sized Artist," "An Offender," "When I Was a Witch," "The Cottagette," "Making a Living," and "Mr. Robert Grey Sr."

About Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was an American feminist, author, and social critic who wrote several novels, over two hundred short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Gilman spent much of her youth in Providence, Rhode Island, and was frequently in the presence of her father's family, which included Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the famous suffragist Isabella Beecher Hooker. From 1909 to 1916, Gilman wrote and edited her own magazine, the Forerunner, in which much of her fiction appeared. Her large body of work, which examines the economic and social position of women in society, includes the semi-autobiographical short story "The Yellow Wallpaper," the feminist utopian novel Herland, the poetry volume In This World, the nonfiction work Women and Economics, and her posthumously published autobiography, The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on July 10, 2014

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was famous as a 19th century feminist author, and apparently she's taught in a lot of feminist/women's studies courses. I was vaguely interested in her most famous story, The Yellow Wallpaper, so when this collection was an Audible deal of the day, I went ahead and downloade......more

Goodreads review by Trisha on October 20, 2020

This collection contains 12 short stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman who was a prominent feminist writer of the 19th century. While most stories are unsophisticated romances centered around strong-willed women who are not given a choice by the society to choose their passion and ambition over marri......more

Goodreads review by Sai on March 29, 2024

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a re-read for me. But I enjoyed the other stories here a lot. Definitely highly recommend for some early feminist literature.......more

Goodreads review by Gwen on February 17, 2012

I've seen recommendations that I read The Yellow Wallpaper from 3 different sources within the past month. So I decided to give it a try and quite liked it. I'd give the title story 4 stars. Afterward, I felt I should check out some of her other work. There is more than one collection of her short st......more

Goodreads review by Colleen on July 07, 2020

Every time I consume her work, I fall in love more and more. This is a particularly strong collection of her short stories with progressive (and some conservative) themes that continue to speak clearly to modern feminists.......more