Herland - format ePub

INTRODUCED BY MAGGIE O'FARRELL'A great work of literature, the product of a questing, burning intellect' MAGGIE O'FARRELL 'Even if the themes being explored might seem irrelevant . . . that this is not...

The Yellow Wallpaper wurde im Jahr 1892 von der amerikanischen Schriftstellerin Charlotte Perkins Gilman im New England Magazine veröffentlicht. Die Kurzgeschichte gilt als wichtiges Frühwerk der amerikanischen...

Published serially in the author's monthly magazine, Forerunner, volume 7 (1916). Herland described an all-women utopia in a secluded high valley, where 3 adventurous young men visit by airplane. Eventually,...

Published serially in the author's monthly magazine, Forerunner, volume 7 (1916). Herland described an all-women utopia in a secluded high valley, where 3 adventurous young men visit by airplane. Eventually,...

Published serially in the author's monthly magazine, Forerunner, volume 7 (1916). Herland described an all-women utopia in a secluded high valley, where 3 adventurous young men visit by airplane. Eventually,...

Published serially in the author's monthly magazine, Forerunner, volume 7 (1916). Herland described an all-women utopia in a secluded high valley, where 3 adventurous young men visit by airplane. Eventually,...

In 'The Humanness of Women: The Theory & Practice of Feminism (Including Various Essays & Sketches)' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, readers are immersed in a profound exploration of the role of...

Presented in the first person, the story is a collection of journal entries written by a woman whose physician husband (John) has rented an old mansion for the summer. Forgoing other rooms in the house,...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Complete Herland Trilogy: Moving the Mountain, Herland & With Her in Ourland' offers a captivating exploration of gender roles, society, and feminism in the early 20th...

The Yellow Wallpaper is a fascinating portrayal of a woman's descent into psychosis through being confined 'for her own good' by her well-meaning husband to cure her of mild hysteria. It's an absolutely...

First published serially in Gilman's magazine the Forerunner in 1909-10, the novel tells the story of Diantha Bell, a young woman who leaves her home and her fiancé to start a housecleaning business....

First published serially in Gilman's magazine the Forerunner in 1909-10, the novel tells the story of Diantha Bell, a young woman who leaves her home and her fiancé to start a housecleaning business....

First published serially in Gilman's magazine the Forerunner in 1909-10, the novel tells the story of Diantha Bell, a young woman who leaves her home and her fiancé to start a housecleaning business....

The Yellow Wallpaper is a 6,000-word short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work...

Long out of print, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's novel The Crux is an important early feminist work that brings to the fore complicated issues of gender, citizenship, eugenics, and frontier nationalism....

Un roman longtemps oublié à découvrir de toute urgence dans sa traduction de référence. Trois Américains, intrigués par des légendes locales, découvrent sur une haute montagne un petit pays mystérieux...

Toutes les jeunes femmes d'aujourd'hui doivent lire ce manuel qui pourrait s'appeler : Comment manipuler votre entourage et l'amener à faire tout ce que vous voulez'. Elle Dans mon enfance, j'ai beaucoup...

Cloîtrée dans une maison de campagne isolée et tenue à l'écart de toute activité par son mari médecin, une jeune mère dépressive après la naissance de leur enfant brave en secret l'interdiction qu'il...

Une jeune mère de famille tombe en dépression.Sous couvert de soin et d’amour, son mari, médecin, lui impose une cure de repos radicale. Mais la patiente ne réagit pas comme prévu. Face à ce qui s’apparente...

Amarrant sa raison entre folie et écriture, l’auteure cherche les preuves de son enfermement dans la forêt des signes que lui renvoie le motif du papier peint. Elle y découvre, métamorphosée, la réalité...

"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a mesmerizing and unsettling exploration of the female psyche and the stifling constraints of 19th-century society. The story is narrated by a woman...

Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency” after the birth of her child, a woman is urged to rest for the summer in an old colonial mansion....

Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency” after the birth of her child, a woman is urged to rest for the summer in an old colonial mansion....

This story is, first, for young women to read; second, for young men to read; after that, for anybody who wants to. Anyone who doubts its facts and figures is referred to "Social Diseases and Marriage,"...

Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book describes an isolated society composed entirely of women, who reproduce via parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction)....

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Three male explorers set out to reach a legendary land where only women live, and find—to their surprise—that the legends are true. This country...

The three friends Van, Terry and Jeff are about to embark on a mission which will change their lives forever. They have heard of a place where only women live but they are more skeptics than believers....

A woman is suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and her husband takes her to a colonial mansion where they can spend the summer. The woman is however closed and isolated in a single room where her...

In the utopian society of Ourland, women hold all positions of power and influence. Men, relegated to domestic duties, are content with their subservient role. But when a group of dissatisfied men plot...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, most famous for her short story “The Yellow Wallpaper,” wrote Women and Economics in 1898, at a time when the roles...

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