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The Yellow Wall-Paper
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August 1, 2016
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August 31, 2016
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Chinook
May 08, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I can't seem to match my copy to one on Goodreads, but mine includes the stories "The Giant Wistaria," "According to Solomon," "The Boys and the Butter," "Her Housekeeper," "Martha's Mother," "A Middle-Sized Artist," "An Offender," "When I Was a Witch," "The Cottagette," "Making a Living," and "Mr. Robert Grey Sr."

I just finished the audiobook of The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories and I do not understand how it took me so long to finally getting around to reading Perkins. And for all that Th
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Alisa
Really enjoyed reading this! Unfortunately the audiobook doesn't have all the stories, though the narrator is great.

My favorites:
- The Yellow Wallpaper -- if you like Shirley Jackson as much as I do, you should like this too.
- Her Housekeeper -- A homily on how men ought to treat women.
- When I Was a Witch -- A grumpy city dweller is grumpy about all the things that she sees in the city, but suddenly her silent wishes are granted.
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Andrey
Oct 30, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Deborah
Jul 29, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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