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The Yellow Wallpaper

Written by: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Narrated by: Jo Myddleton
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 In this classic late-nineteenth-century story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a new mother suffering from what we might today call 'post-partum depression', is diagnosed with a nervous disorder.

Instructed to abandon her intellectual life and avoid stimulating company, she sinks into a still-deeper depression invisible to her husband, who believes he knows what is best for her. Alone in the yellow-wallpapered nursery of a rented house, she descends into madness.

Public Domain (P)2008 Summersdale Publishers Ltd Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Fiction Short Story Mental Health Health Marriage
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I read this in high school and decided to revisit it as I remembered it having an impact on me. The narrator does an amazing job of bringing CPG’s story to life; from the exhaustion of a new mother, to her descent into PPD, then complete madness. #Audible1

Eery as ever…

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It's the story of a woman who slowly descends into a deep state of delusion. It's told from her diary entries that she writes while on bedrest. Her husband, doctor, and other family members are loving and well intentioned, but their pursuit to get well is actually the very thing that drives her deep into madness. The story is concise, brilliant, and haunting.

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The Yellow Wallpaper was a recommended read. I had no idea what to expect. I’m glad to have read it. #Audible1

The Yellow Wallpaper

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