In 1892 a furious Charlotte Perkins Gilman put pen to paper and created the avant-garde feminist work The Yellow Wallpaper as a warning \u2013 in this haunting Gothic tale, a woman is confined to a room and forbidden to do anything interesting \u2013 and she loses her mind. In 1887, following a severe nervous breakdown, Gilman had been sent to a leading neurologist, she explains in \u2018Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper\u2019, also included in this volume. He was a \u2018wise man\u2019 who \u2018put me to bed and applied the rest cure\u2026 and sent me home with solemn advice to \u201Clive as domestic a life as far as possible\u201D\u2026 and \u201Cnever to touch pen, brush or pencil again\u201D 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.\u2019\n\nThe Yellow Wallpaper\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal ;