By Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)
In the mood to read something creepy? If so, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” is the short story for you. A gothic tale and a significant early piece of feminist fiction, “The Yellow Wallpaper” is about a depressed woman forbidden from writing or leaving the house by her husband, a doctor. After several weeks of this, she begins to notice (or hallucinate?) women living in the walls around her.
Have you read the story, but still feel like you don’t really “get” it? Try giving its page on SparkNotes a readthrough. They explain the themes of the story, the symbolism, and more. Sometimes, it can even be beneficial to read the SparkNotes before the actual story.
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. The Yellow Wallpaper. 2nd version, 1892, Project Gutenberg, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1952/1952-h/1952-h.htm.
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