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Unpunished

Written in the late 1920s but not published until 1997, this classic feminist mystery weaves Gilman's case for women's freedom and empowerment into a rich and twisted story that features a feisty husband-and-wife detective team.

Annotation:
A previously unpublished detective story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, famous for her seminal feminist works "Herland" and "The Yellow Wall-Paper". This innovative story features a progressive husband/wife detective team who investigate a serial murderer.

Praise

Small Press
"Read it as a straight crime fiction novel or a satire: it succeeds either way. Gilman's writing is fun and clever." - Patty Sleem November/December 1997

Author Bio

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was abandoned by her father, a nephew of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Left impoverished with her mother and siblings, Perkins received a very limited education and worked as a governess and an artist. In 1884 she married an artist, Charles Stetson, whom she divorced after the birth of their daughter. "The Yellow Wallpaper" suggests that mental illness may have contributed to the breakup of her marriage, and most likely refers to the severe depression that followed the birth of her child. Gilman moved to California, where she lectured on the status of women and socialism. Additionally, she taught school, ran a boarding house, wrote and edited many feminist and Utopian books. Terminally ill with cancer, she ultimately took her own life.