Modern Library: The Yellow Wallpaper And Other Writings

Introduction by Alexander Black

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 Wallpaper', 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.