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The Yellow Wallpaper

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

1892 · Short stories · Gothic

Open Library OL2772007W

A woman confined to a room for her health begins to watch the pattern in the wallpaper. Gilman’s story is brief and does not offer the cure the physician promised.

About the author

Gilman wrote The Yellow Wallpaper after a physician prescribed her a rest that forbade work. The story is short, domestic, and relentless about what that kind of care does to a mind. More of this shelf for Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Where to read it

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