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Follow the narrator on her subsequent decent into madness is this story originally written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Both the original tale and a retelling by author, Nicki Snyder, are contained within this book.
In 1892, the narrator, having just given birth, is taken to the countryside to rest and recuperate. Her husband, who is also her physician, prescribes her The Rest Cure method, designed to cure her "nervous condition". The large house, fresh air, and sprawling gardens are meant to relax her mind and body. However, the treatment calls for isolation, bed rest, and boredom. This catalyst leads the narrator down a path where reality and fantasy merge together in a very unhealthy way.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), author of the celebrated short story "The Yellow Wallpaper," is regarded by many as a leading intellectual in the women's movement in the United States during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Michael Kimmel is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at SUNY, Stony Brook, and the author of Manhood in America: A Cultural History. Amy Aronson is a professor of Journalism and Media Studies at Fordham University.
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