{"product_id":"the-yellow-wallpaper","title":"The Yellow Wallpaper","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1892 a furious Charlotte Perkins Gilman put pen to paper and created the avant-garde feminist work \u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper\u003c\/em\u003e as a warning - in this haunting Gothic tale, a woman is confined to a room and forbidden to do anything interesting - and she loses her mind.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1887, following a severe nervous breakdown, Gilman had been sent to a leading neurologist, she explains in 'Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper', also included in this volume. He was a 'wise man' who 'put me to bed and applied the rest cure, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand sent me home with solemn advice to \"live as domestic a life as far as possible\"... and \"never to touch pen, brush or pencil again\" as long as I lived. I went home and obeyed those directions for some three months, and came so near the borderline of utter mental ruin that I could see over.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper\u003c\/em\u003e is both a haunting illustration of the treatment of mental health and a chilling Gothic tale, and this new edition makes it ready to enchant another generation of readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charlotte Perkins Gilman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44340534509825,"sku":"9781913724160","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-519.png?v=1704977917","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/the-yellow-wallpaper","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}