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A crumbling mansion, a haunting secret, and a vine that seems to grow stronger with time—when a group of visitors spend the night in an abandoned house, they uncover the tragic fate of the woman who once lived there. As the past seeps into the present, the shadows of injustice refuse to stay buried. Blending Gothic horror with sharp social critique, The Giant Wistaria is a chilling tale of repression, lost voices, and the lingering scars of patriarchy.

CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860–1935), born in Hartford, Connecticut, was an American feminist theorist, sociologist, novelist, short story writer, poet, and playwright. Her writings are precursors to many later feminist theories. With her radical life attitude, Perkins Gilman has been an inspiration for many generations of feminists in the USA. Her most famous work is the short story The Yellow Wallpaper (1892), written when she suffered from postpartum psychosis.