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The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman1,764 ratings, 3.93 average rating, 157 reviews
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“As for mother Eve - I wasn't there and can't deny the story, but I will say this. If she brought evil into the world, we men have had the lion's share of keeping it going ever since.”
― The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings
― The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings
“I liked his looks, but I liked him better.”
― (THE YELLOW WALL-PAPER AND OTHER STORIES ) BY Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (Author) Paperback Published on
― (THE YELLOW WALL-PAPER AND OTHER STORIES ) BY Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (Author) Paperback Published on
“These pockets came as a revelation. Of course she had known they were there,
had counted them, made fun of them, mended them, even envied them; but she never had dreamed of how it felt to have pockets.”
― The Yellow Wallpaper And Other Stories by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (2008) Paperback
had counted them, made fun of them, mended them, even envied them; but she never had dreamed of how it felt to have pockets.”
― The Yellow Wallpaper And Other Stories by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (2008) Paperback
“She was a beautiful instance of what is reverentially called “a true woman.” Little, of course—no true woman may be big. Pretty, of course—no true woman could possibly be plain. Whimsical, capricious, charming, changeable, devoted to pretty clothes and always “wearing them well,” as the esoteric phrase has it.”
― The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
― The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
“Women are pretty much people, seems to me. I know they dress like fools—but who’s to blame for that?
We invent all those idiotic hats of theirs, and design their crazy fashions, and,
what’s more, if a woman is courageous enough to wear common-sense clothes—and shoes—which of us wants to dance with her?
Yes, we blame them for grafting on us, but are we willing to let our wives work? We are not. It hurts our pride, that’s all. We are always criticizing them for making mercenary marriages, but what do we call a girl who marries a chump with no money? Just a poor fool, that’s all. And they know it.
As for Mother Eve—I wasn’t there and can’t deny the story, but I will say this.
If she brought evil into the world, we men have had the lion’s share of keeping it going ever since—how about that?”
― The Yellow Wallpaper And Other Stories by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (2008) Paperback
We invent all those idiotic hats of theirs, and design their crazy fashions, and,
what’s more, if a woman is courageous enough to wear common-sense clothes—and shoes—which of us wants to dance with her?
Yes, we blame them for grafting on us, but are we willing to let our wives work? We are not. It hurts our pride, that’s all. We are always criticizing them for making mercenary marriages, but what do we call a girl who marries a chump with no money? Just a poor fool, that’s all. And they know it.
As for Mother Eve—I wasn’t there and can’t deny the story, but I will say this.
If she brought evil into the world, we men have had the lion’s share of keeping it going ever since—how about that?”
― The Yellow Wallpaper And Other Stories by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (2008) Paperback
