Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935). a leading figure in the women's movement of the early twentieth century. is a pillar of the American feminist canon. This edition of her work includes her best-known story. "The Yellow Wall-paper," a terrifying tale about a woman driven to the brink of insanity by the "rest cure" she is ordered to follow by her doctor to relieve her postpartum depression. Also included is a wide range of other short stories; an abridged version of her little-known but brilliant utopian novel, Herland, about a peaceful all-female world; and selections from her landmark treatise. Women and Economics, first published in 1898 to universal acclaim.