Collected Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Short Stories, Novels, Poems and Essays (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Collected Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Short Stories, Novels, Poems and EssaysBy Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Length71h 30m
About this audiobook
Collected Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman gathers the fiction, poetry, and polemical prose of one of American literature's most incisive reformist minds. From the psychological terror of "The Yellow Wall-Paper" to utopian novels such as Herland and arguments on labor, domesticity, and social organization, the volume reveals Gilman's fusion of narrative art and social critique. Her style is lucid, ironic, and didactic without being merely doctrinaire, standing at the intersection of late nineteenth-century realism, feminist modernity, and Progressive Era reform. Gilman's writing emerged from personal struggle and public conviction. Born in 1860, she endured economic insecurity, a failed marriage, postpartum depression, and the infamous "rest cure," experiences that sharpened her analysis of gendered confinement. As a lecturer, editor, and theorist, she challenged the ideology of separate spheres and argued for women's economic independence, communal domestic labor, and a transformed social order. This collection is essential for readers interested in feminist literature, American social thought, and the evolution of speculative and psychological fiction. It offers not only historically significant texts but also works of continuing urgency, imagination, and intellectual force.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length71 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 1, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26Chapter 1.
2Introduction
27Chapter 2.
3Author Biography
28Chapter 3
4Historical Context
29Chapter 4.
5Synopsis (Selection)
30Chapter 5.
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6The Yellow Wallpaper
31Chapter 6
7Why I wrote the Yellow Wallpaper (An Article by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1913)
32Chapter 7
8What Diantha Did
33Chapter 8
9CHAPTER I. HANDICAPPED
34Chapter 9
10CHAPTER III. BREAKERS
35Chapter 10
11CHAPTER V.
36Chapter 11
12CHAPTER VII. HERESY AND SCHISM.
37Chapter 12.
13CHAPTER X. UNION HOUSE.
38Herland
14CHAPTER XII. LIKE A BANYAN TREE
39CHAPTER 1. A Not Unnatural Enterprise
15CHAPTER XIV. AND HEAVEN BESIDE.
40CHAPTER 3. A Peculiar Imprisonment
16The Crux
41CHAPTER 5. A Unique History
17PREFACE
42CHAPTER 7. Our Growing Modesty
18CHAPTER I THE BACK WAY
43CHAPTER 9. Our Relations and Theirs
19CHAPTER III. THE OUTBREAK
44CHAPTER 11. Our Difficulties
20CHAPTER V CONTRASTS
45With Her in Ourland: sequel to Herland
21CHAPTER VII. SIDE LIGHTS.
46Chapter 1 The Return
22CHAPTER IX. CONSEQUENCES.
47Chapter 2 War
23CHAPTER XI. THEREAFTER.
48Chapter 3 A Journey of Inspection
24Moving the Mountain
49Chapter 4 Nearing Home
25Preface
50Chapter 5 My Country
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