The Yellow Wallpaper
Dec 2015 · Open Road Media
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A groundbreaking feminist masterpiece and one of the most exquisite horror stories in American literature
Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency” after the birth of her child, a woman is urged to rest for the summer in an old colonial mansion. Forbidden from doing work of any kind, she spends her days in the house’s former nursery, with its barred windows, scratched floor, and peeling yellow wallpaper.
In a private journal, the woman records her growing obsession with the “horrid” wallpaper. Its strange pattern mutates in the moonlight, revealing what appears to be a human figure in the design. With nothing else to occupy her mind, the woman resolves to unlock the mystery of the wallpaper. Her quest, however, leads not to the truth, but into the darkest depths of madness.
A masterly use of the unreliable narrator and a scathing indictment of patriarchal medical practices, The Yellow Wallpaper is a true American classic.
This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency” after the birth of her child, a woman is urged to rest for the summer in an old colonial mansion. Forbidden from doing work of any kind, she spends her days in the house’s former nursery, with its barred windows, scratched floor, and peeling yellow wallpaper.
In a private journal, the woman records her growing obsession with the “horrid” wallpaper. Its strange pattern mutates in the moonlight, revealing what appears to be a human figure in the design. With nothing else to occupy her mind, the woman resolves to unlock the mystery of the wallpaper. Her quest, however, leads not to the truth, but into the darkest depths of madness.
A masterly use of the unreliable narrator and a scathing indictment of patriarchal medical practices, The Yellow Wallpaper is a true American classic.
This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
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4.3
85 reviews
L. Colburn
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October 7, 2022
Times have changed for women. This is a simple and yet complex indictment of past medical and mental health practices. A man could always get rid of his wife by assigning almost any behavior to mental illness. If you have read much about the history of mental "healing" it healed nothing and drove people mad. This is a classic for its time and a warning to us all. This plays out across the world. in past years if someone with influence wanted your apartment in Soviet Russia, you could wind up in a mental institution and out of that home.one ahould look up what happened to Frances Farmer- an actress who got too political and wound up with a lobotomy.
Chris H.
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June 25, 2017
I read this story back in high school and fell in love with it. Not sure why. Heck it even confuses me as I read it again, but I still enjoy it.
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Amber Saucedo
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December 22, 2017
Wasn't to sure I'd like it from the beginning because i devated how intersting one woman trapped in a room could be but I found it an incredible page turner. I feel as if it's so face paced you won't even notice the pages turn. A very thrilling and insidious read.
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About the author
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) was an American writer, feminist, and social activist. She is best remembered for the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” and the science fiction classic Herland.
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