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last updated Dec 30, 2015 09:50AM
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Review of THE YELLOW WALLPAPER by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A classic I should have read long ago, THE YELLOW WALLPAPER is a short story with incredible impact. Originally published in 1892, the narrator is a wife virtually imprisoned in an estate house, for the summer, by her physician husband (with the connivance of her physician brother). She is a victim of the prevailing 19th century thought on females that they were prone to "hysteria" due to their biology (no thank you, Dr. Freud) and althou ...more
A classic I should have read long ago, THE YELLOW WALLPAPER is a short story with incredible impact. Originally published in 1892, the narrator is a wife virtually imprisoned in an estate house, for the summer, by her physician husband (with the connivance of her physician brother). She is a victim of the prevailing 19th century thought on females that they were prone to "hysteria" due to their biology (no thank you, Dr. Freud) and althou ...more
A well done story. Very fast read but going a bit slower to get all the deep imagery and metaphor is recommended.
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Feminist Literature is amazing.
Awesome read.
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