This early work by Charlotte Perkins Gilman was originally published in 1911. It is a feminist novel and the first of her utopian trilogy that also included 'Herland' and 'With Her in Our Land'.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was an American author of novels, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. She was also a utopian feminist who gained fame and developed a social circle of like-minded activists and writers of the feminist movement as she lectured widely for social reform. She is most known today for her semi-autobiographical short story "The Yellow Wallpaper."
