Reprint. originally published as a World's classics paperback, 1995

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxv-xxxvii)

The yellow wall-paper -- That rare jewel -- The unexpected -- Circumstances alter cases -- The giant wistaria -- And extinct angel -- The rocking-chair -- Deserted -- An elopement -- Through this -- The misleading of Pendleton Oaks -- A day's berryin' -- Five girls -- One way out -- An unpatented process -- An unnatural mother -- Three thanksgivings -- According to Solomon -- The Cottagette -- The widow's might -- The jumping-off place -- In two houses -- Turned -- Making a change -- Mrs. Elder's idea -- Their house -- Her beauty -- Mrs. Hines's money -- Bee wise -- A council of war -- Fulfilment -- A partnership -- If I were a man -- Mr. Peebles's heart -- Mrs. Merrill's duties -- Girls and land -- Dr. Clair's place -- A surplus woman -- Joan's defender

A selection of short fiction by the renowned feminist author, including the classic title story about a woman whose "rest cure," itself symptomatic of the suppression of women's intellectual powers, leads from depression to insanity

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