Peace and tranquillity thrive in this utopian land, forcing the explorers to question how their own corrupted, male-dominated world can survive. The Yellow Wallpaper & Herland (Collins Classics) By Charlotte Perkins Gilman On Sale: Octo3.99 Now: 3.19 Spend 49 on print products and get FREE shipping at HC.com Format: Qty: ADD TO CART about Product Details HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. Herland, first published in 1915, follows a group of three men as they arrive in a female-only society. The Yellow Wallpaper & Herland embodies Charlotte Perkins Gilman's radical feminism and her lifelong battle to give women a voice in a world ruled by men. And then there’s the putrid, yellow wallpaper which seems to shift and creep around the room before her very eyes… 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. The Yellow Wallpaper & Herland (1st Macmillan Edition) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Macmillan Publishers, 1st Macmillan Edition. In The Yellow Wallpaper a woman frantically paces the empty nursery at the top of a secluded mansion. Collected here, both The Yellow Wallpaper and Herland are extraordinary for scrutinising the patriarchal norms of turn-of-the-century America.
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