classics + feminism

4 books tagged both “classics” and “feminism”.

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories

Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1892

A young mother confined for her health fixates on yellow wallpaper, plus 39 other Gilman stories on marriage and work.

2,989-word summary · 13 min read

The Color Purple

Alice Walker · 1982

Celie writes letters to God and to her sister, surviving abuse in the rural South to find her own voice.

2,053-word summary · 9 min read

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath · 1963

Esther Greenwood wins a New York internship that should feel bright, then sinks into depression at home. Plath's 1963 novel follows her breakdown, treatment,…

2,504-word summary · 11 min read

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood · 1985

Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale retold: Offred in Gilead, the Commander, Serena Joy, Mayday, and the van.

2,369-word summary · 11 min read