The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings Edition: Penguin Classics (2015)

{ NOV 2021 - Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, separation of book (front/ back matter, parts, and chapters), and epub format error checking. } Paperback, 64 pages Published: 1892 Edition: Penguin Classics (2015) Goodreads Best Books of the 19th Century 'The color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is torturing.' Short stories. Written with barely controlled fury after she was confined to her room for 'nerves' and forbidden to write, Gilman's pioneering feminist horror story scandalized nineteenth-century readers with its portrayal of a woman who loses her mind because she has literally nothing to do. Also contains short stories: "The Rocking-Chair" and "Old Water". Known primarily for her classic and haunting story "The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an enormously influential American feminist and sociologist. Her early-twentieth-century writings [...]continue to inspire writers and activists today.