Best known for the 1892 title story of this collection, a harrowing tale of a woman's descent into madness, Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote more than 200 other short stories. Seven of her finest are reprinted here. Written from a feminist perspective, often focusing on the inferior status accorded to women by society, the tales include "e,Turned,"e, an ironic story with a startling twist, in which a husband seduces and impregnates a naive servant, "e,Cottagette,"e, concerning the ...