Bayou Folk (Inwood Commons Modern Editions)

Literature & Fiction

CHOPIN, KATE

United States

Inwood Commons Publishing

A woman and her husband rent a summer house, but what should be a restful getaway turns into a suffocating psychological battle. This chilling account of postpartum depression and a husband's controlling behavior in the guise of treatment will leave you breathless. This Inwood Commons Modern Edition updates Charlotte Perkins Gilman's classic so that it's as easy to read and as relevant as if it was written today. The book also includes the author's argument to Congress for women's voting rights, her reasons for writing The Yellow Wallpaper, two essays from modern scholars, and the original unedited versions in appendices.

The Yellow Wallpaper (Inwood Commons Modern Editions)

Perkins Gilman, Charlotte

Genre Fiction

Six classic ghost stories from the first recipient of the William Dean Howells Medal for Distinction in Fiction. Lightly edited for modern readers, the bones of the stories are just as she told them with no changes to plot or settings. Best of all the book includes the original unedited versions in appendices. The Wind in the Rose Bush: As an aunt waits to see her niece strange things start happening. The Shadows on the Wall: Three sisters mourn their brother and can't explain what they see. Luella Miller: The people who help a seemingly capable woman have a habit of wasting away. The Southwest Room: Something in Great-Aunt Harriet's old bedroom keeps scaring away renters. The Vacant Lot: A family moves into an underpriced house only to discover the neighbors are terrifying. The Lost Ghost: A woman tells her friend of the time she lived in a house haunted by a little girl.

The Wind in the Rose Bush: And Other Ghost Stories (Inwood Commons Modern Editions)

Wilkins-Freeman, Mary E.

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell's classic book of 8 short stories shows life in Germany during the French Revolution, and in Manchester during the Industrial Revolution. Lightly edited for modern readers, this Inwood Commons Modern Edition includes translations from French and standardized spelling. The bones of the stories are just as she told them with no changes to plot or settings. Best of all the book includes the original unedited versions in appendices. The Gray Woman A young German woman is pressured into marriage only to discover her husband has a deadly secret. Weird If True An English tourist gets lost in the woods in France and stumbles into a strange party. Six Weeks in Heppenheim An English college graduate accidentally spends six weeks in a small German town. Libbie Marsh's Three Eras A lonely seamstress befriends a sick little boy in Manchester. Christmas Storms and Sunshine Rival political newspaper employees live in the same building in Manchester and clash during Christmas. Hand and Heart A little English boy tries to be kind in difficult situations. Bessy's Problems at Home A teenage girl tries to manage the house and her five siblings while her mother is away. Disappearances A writer laments that the new detective police will prevent unexplained disappearances from being plot points in the future.

The Gray Woman and Other Stories (Inwood Commons Modern Editions)

Cleghorn, Gaskell Elizabeth

Victor Frankenstein is just a college student who wants to figure out the technical details of how life works. Obsessed with chasing this discovery, he creates something unthinkable. And then things all go wrong.
Read a Gothic horror classic easily with this modern English translation. But don't worry about missing anything, because the original unedited 1831 version is here too, along with a scholarly essay.

Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus (Inwood Commons Modern Editions)

WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARY

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