"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman — The Giant Wistaria

Charlotte Perkins Gilman is best remembered today for her groundbreaking short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892), a tale that has become a classic of both Gothic fiction and feminist literature. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Gilman was a writer, lecturer, and social reformer who used her

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Marjorie Bowen — Scoured Silk

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Charlotte Riddell — The Old House in Vauxhall Walk (3)

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