Public domain version using Etext from Project Gutenberg available to read online at Charlotteperkinsgilman.com, an unofficial site dedicated to the life and works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman with the goal of bringing all of her public domain works together on one site. Story first published in Gilman's magazine The Forerunner, Volume 1 No. 1, November 1909. See: The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) A copy of this story can also be found in The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings.