It is stripped, the paper, in large patches. . The color is repellent. . . In places where it has not faded and where the sun is, I can see a strange, provocative and formless figure, which seems to prowl. . . Based on the author's own experiences, 'The Yellow Wallpaper' is the chilling tale of a woman on the brink of insanity over the prescribed "rest cure" after the birth of her child. Isolated in a dilapidated colonial mansion, in a room with barred windows, the tortuous pattern of yellow wallpaper works its way into the recesses of her mind. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was America's leading feminist intellectual of the early 20th century. In addition to his masterpiece 'The Yellow Wallpaper', this new edition includes a selection of his best shorts and excerpts from his autobiography.
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