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