The Yellow Wallpaper

By Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  • Release Date: 1935-01-01
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
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Description

It is regarded as an important early work of Americanfeminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's physical and mental health. Presented in the first person, the story is a collection of journal entries written by a woman (Jane) whose physician husband (John) has confined her to the upstairs bedroom of a house he has rented for the summer.