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The Yellow Wall-Paper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman,

Elaine R. Hedges (Afterword)

Start date: August 1, 2016

Finish date: August 31, 2016

Discussion: Short Story/Novella Collection

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Dec 31, 2018 Franky rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, 2018-book-challenge, short-stories, feminism

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a leading female activist and voice in the woman’s movement in the early portions of the 20th century. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is her short work that depicts one woman’s fight against the “rest cure” she is ordered to follow to cure her depression.

“I thought it was a good time to talk, so I told him I was not gaining here, and that I wished he would take me away.”

Her husband, John, has secluded her in a room to help her condition and her nervousness at this situatio ...more

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May 22, 2017 Heather G rated it it was amazing

It's great and really shows how women were not taken seriously and were definitely treated more like children and incapable of taking care of themselves. How wrong society and such thinking is! Glad society has changed since then. Loved this story. I hope to re-read it in future. ...more

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Jan 30, 2017 Jen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

4.5 stars

The first half of this book was one of the most fantastic things I've ever read, and had it continued in that vein this would easily have been a 5 star book & an all time favorite.
As it stands, the second half was a lot less interesting to me, it felt far less real from both a womanhood & a MH perspective.

I'd still consider this a must-read book however, and a fantastic one at that ...more

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