The Yellow Wall-Paper
$22.82
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
2 December 2025
Summary
The Yellow Wallpaper
In the throes of a ‘temporary nervous depression’ following childbirth, a woman is brought by her physician husband to recuperate in an isolated New England mansion. There she is barred from her work of writing, denied any visits to friends, and encouraged to simply get better. Sequestered in the old nursery at the top of the house, with barred windows and a bed nailed to the floor, she has little to do but examine the strange wallpaper that surrounds her - and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529955729 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529955726 |
| Author: | Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 2 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 98g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Weird Girls |
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born in 1860 in Connecticut. She was a feminist, journalist, and author of numerous fiction and non-fiction works, including:
- Women and Economics (1898)
- Concerning Children (1900)
- The Home: Its Work and Influence (1903)
- Herland (1915)
She is best remembered for her short story ‘The Yellow Wallpaper,’ which depicts a woman’s descent into madness following a ‘rest cure.’ Gilman’s life was unconventional, marked by two marriages and a separation from her nine-year-old daughter, whom she sent to live with her ex-husband and his new wife.
A Suffragette and public speaker on social issues, Gilman also served as the editor of several literary magazines throughout her career. In 1932, after being diagnosed with incurable breast cancer, Gilman, an advocate for euthanasia, chose to end her life. She committed suicide on August 17, 1935, by taking an overdose of chloroform.
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