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While she is isolated in a crumbling mansion, in a room with bars on the windows, the tortuous pattern of the yellow wallpaper winds its way into the recesses of her mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCharlotte Perkins Gilman was America's leading feminist intellectual of the early twentieth century and a brilliant writer, editor and speaker. \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper\u003c\/i\u003e is her masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46442410410220,"sku":"9780860682011","price":59.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11659853482494.jpg?v=1747286978"},{"product_id":"the-yellow-wall-paper-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman-9781529955729","title":"The Yellow Wall-Paper","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage Classics WEIRD GIRLS:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dive into the depraved, delectable depths of women’s weird fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The faint figure behind seemed to shake the pattern, just as if she wanted to get out.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the throes of a ‘temporary nervous depression’ following childbirth, a woman is brought by her physician husband to recuperate in an isolated New England mansion. 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