The Yellow Wallpaper

Name: The Yellow Wallpaper
Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

26 min20–45 minpsychologicalgothicclassic

Confined to a nursery with peeling yellow wallpaper for a “rest cure,” a young woman keeps a secret journal as the pattern on the wall begins to move.

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6,078 words · 3 chapters

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2Part Twoat 9 min
3Part Threeat 18 min

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman — American writer and social reformer.

Public-domain text from Project Gutenberg.

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