Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman by GilmanAuthor: Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Apr 8, 2019

Editor's review

This file is a Project Gutenberg index of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's works; it is not a complete literary work itself but a navigation map into her creative world. Gilman was an important American feminist thinker and writer from the late 19th to early 20th century, and her works address women's economic independence, social reform, and gender roles. Through this index, readers can locate the various texts she made available through Project Gutenberg, including novels, short stories, poetry, and social essays. Its value lies in its practicality and documentary nature: it helps researchers quickly locate specific titles and allows general readers to access primary texts of early feminist writing with relatively low barriers. It is suited for use on electronic devices alongside the Project Gutenberg website, as a starting point for further reading or a bibliographic tool, rather than a text to read from beginning to end.

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Readers studying Gilman and her feminist thought who need to locate primary texts by title
Readers interested in late 19th-century American literature and documents of social reform
General readers who want free access to public-domain English e-book bibliographies
Students or book club members who need to compile a reading list of Gilman's works

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First browse the index entries, select two or three titles of interest, then download the original texts from the Project Gutenberg website to read
Use it alongside a representative Gilman short story such as The Yellow Wallpaper for convenient cross-referencing
Treat the index as a bibliographic tool, noting titles and themes as you read to form your own reading path

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FAQ

Does this index itself contain the full texts of Gilman's works?

No. It is a title index of Gilman's works compiled by Project Gutenberg, mainly listing available e-book entries and related information; the full texts must be obtained from the corresponding Project Gutenberg pages indicated by the index.

Can I use this material if I don't know English?

You can use it to a limited extent. The index is written in English and is mainly used to find titles, so the barrier to use is not high, but understanding and reading Gilman's original works requires some English reading ability.

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It is suitable as a finding tool for locating primary texts, but should not be cited directly as the basis for scholarly argument. Formal research should cite Gilman's original works or authoritative editions and verify specific title information.

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About the author

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935 Author

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) was an American writer, social thinker, and pioneer of feminism. A prolific author, she is represented in this library by 11 works. She is best known for the short story The Yellow Wallpaper, which uses a first-person narrative to portray a woman's mental distress under marriage and medical authority, in a cold, restrained style rich in symbolism. Her social-theoretical works, including Women and Economics, The Man-Made World, Concerning Children, and The Home: Its Work and Influence, systematically examine gender division of labor, economic independence, and child-rearing, in clear and forcefully argued prose. The utopian novel Herland and the novel The Crux express her visions of social reform through narrative. Public information on the details of her life is limited, but these works clearly show her distinctive style of combining literary creation with social critique, and her profound influence on later women's writing and social thought.