"The Yellow Wallpaper (Dover Thrift) [Paperback]

First published in 1892, this perfect novel portrays with chilling power the powerlessness of women within Victorian marriage. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by popular American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The featured short story in this collection the very personal story, The Yellow Wallpaper, which is based on Gilman's own bout with depression. Along with the featured short story, are an array of stories which have been popular for decades among fans of this talented writer. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories is highly recommended for those who enjoy the writings of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and also for those discovering her writings for the first time. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Charlotte Anna Perkins (1860-1935) married at the age of twenty-four, but three years later separated from her husband. She was a writer of non-fiction and poetry, an editor, feminist theorist, and most of her work is about the status and oppression of women. She married again in 1900 but committed suicide a year after her husband died of inoperable cancer. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.