FOR FEAR (THE FORERUNNER) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A young woman, Mrs. Owen, is confined to a room by her husband for observation and treatment due to her hysterical tendencies. The room is decorated with feminine touches and contains a rocking chair, a mirror, and a window with a view of a garden. As the story progresses, Mrs. Owen becomes increasingly paranoid and delusional, questioning her own identity and the nature of her confinement. The story ends with Mrs. Owen's descent into madness, symbolized by her rocking back and forth in the chair, lost in a world of her own making.
By Charlotte Perkins Gilman · First published 1892 · Genre: Science Fiction, Utopian and Dystopian, Feminist Fiction