Yellow Wall-Paper, Herland, and Selected Writings | 
“The great soul, meanwhile, pursued his way, using every art he knew--and his experience was not narrow--to reach the heart of the brown and ruddy nymph beside him.”
he is boarder and she is the frock wearing, golden skinned daughter of his widowed landlord. who takes “mischievous delight in teasing him.” on a lake. resulting in his death. published when nabokov was twelve.
... in the places where it isn't faded and where the sun is just so - I can see a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure, that seems to skulk about...
pick🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈 Herland was a fantastic story. There were so many things in it that were spot on when it comes to male/female interactions. The Yellow Wallpaper was really good too. Also, finishing this book helped me to finish my Goodreads challenge for the year. Woooo! 🏆
'Woman' in the abstract is young, and, we assume, charming. As they get older they pass off the stage, somehow, into private ownership mostly, or out of it altogether.
I'm totally feeling this as a middle aged woman.
Well, I've just started this book and I'm super excited now. This is just the introduction! 👌
Here are a few of my favorite short story collections. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is my favorite short story of all time. The collection by Daphne Du Maurier includes The Birds. 📚😊
"When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world."--Happy birthday to Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1860-1935. Great writer, feminist icon, sassy woman, and master at throwing literary shade at shifty men & the patriarchy. May we live up to your example. ? #ReadWomen
