{"product_id":"the-yellow-wallpaper-herland-9781529042320","title":"The Yellow Wallpaper \u0026 Herland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition is introduced by journalist and author Lucy Mangan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper \u0026amp; Herland\u003c\/i\u003e embodies Charlotte Perkins Gilman's radical feminism and her lifelong battle to give women a voice in a world ruled by men. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrapped in her attic bedroom and isolated from her newborn baby, the nameless narrator of \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper\u003c\/i\u003e keeps a secret diary in which she charts the sprawling patterns of the room's lurid yellow wallpaper as she slowly sinks into madness. This chilling short story is based on the author's own experience of depression and an enforced rest cure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHerland\u003c\/i\u003e, a trio of men set out to discover an all-female community rumoured to be hidden deep in an unnamed jungle. What they find far exceeds expectations; they're captured by highly educated women who, for two thousand years, have lived in a peaceful and prosperous utopia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Perkins Gilman was born in 1960 in Connecticut. Her father left when she was young and Gilman spent the rest of her childhood in poverty. As an adult she took classes at the Rhode Island School of Design and supported herself financially as a tutor, painter and artist. She had a short marriage with an artist and suffered serious postnatal depression after the birth of their daughter. In 1888 Gilman moved to California where she became involved in feminist organisations. In California she was inspired to write and published \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eThe New England Magazine\u003c\/i\u003ein 1892. In later life she was diagnosed with breast cancer and died by suicide in 1935.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630130139410,"sku":"9781529042320","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1326dfdd-6b5d-4b02-b0b7-614e76654f38.jpg?v=1732743249","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-yellow-wallpaper-herland-9781529042320","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}