The Yellow Wallpaper ~ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, with the original magazine illustrations by Joseph Henry Hatfield, 1892, novella, 34 pages
This version for Kindle has the short story as it was originally posted in The New England Magazine. It also includes "Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper" on pages 7-10. The short story itself starts on page 11.
The Yellow Wallpaper ~ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1892 (afterword by Elaine R. Hedges, 1973), novella, 63 pages
The author 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. This classic story was adopted as a feminist tale for the modern age; this edition was published by The Feminist Press of The City University of New York.
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2 comments:
I read The Yellow Wallpaper for the first time last year. It reminds me once again of why I'm relieved that I was not born in an earlier time.
I remember reading The Yellow Wallpaper in college and it making a big impact on me.
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