The Yellow Wallpaper

I love this story. Good book and has room for notes and all the things you will need for your composition class that you probably have to read this for. I just love the story, so I bought it and will force everyone who passes over the threshold of my home to read it while they sleep in the room with patches of peeling yellow wallpaper.

The Yellow Wallpaper is a short but absolutely fascinating read. It’s a powerful and thought-provoking story, especially if you enjoy feminist literature. It offers deep insights into mental health, gender roles, and societal expectations during the time it was written. Despite its brevity, it leaves a lasting impression and plenty to think about.

**"The Yellow Wallpaper"** by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a seminal work of American feminist literature that explores the oppressive treatment of women's mental health in the late 19th century. Presented through a series of poignant journal entries, the story follows an unnamed narrator who is subjected to a "rest cure" by her physician husband, John. Renting an old mansion for the summer, they move into a nursery with vivid yellow wallpaper that becomes a powerful symbol of her confinement and psychological decline.As she is forbidden from working or engaging in creative activities, the narrator's mental state deteriorates, leading her to obsess over the wallpaper and the figure she believes is trapped within it. This gripping narrative highlights the themes of isolation, the lack of autonomy for women, and the crushing forces of a patriarchal society. Gilman’s incisive critique of the medical and societal attitudes towards women's health paved the way for future feminist authors, and her exploration of identity and freedom resonates profoundly, making **"The Yellow Wallpaper"** a timeless and essential read that continues to inspire discussions about gender roles and mental health today.

This was a short read only 30 pages. But alot happened in those 30 pages. I has a mix of emotions. Was she going mad? Was she driven mad? Was it mold? Being a sufferer of depression i could relate to some of this. This will stick with me.

Ok ok ok it was fine. Not scary at allDon't know why this was on the top scariest reads here

Absolutely loved this book!

Good book

📚BOOK REVIEW📚The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanRating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5Genres: horror fiction, short storyTropes: unreliable narrator, 1st person/direct address, mental illness/declineA woman’s husband (who is a physician) rents an old mansion for the summer, with the hope that his wife’s health will improve through the abundance of nature/relaxation/clean air. As a form of treatment, her husband forbids her from working (and writing, which is something she does for enjoyment), and encourages her to eat well and get plenty of exercise and air. He believes she is having a “temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency” (which is a diagnosis common to women in the 1800s, which is when this story is set). He sets her up in the upstairs nursery, which she quickly discovers has the most hideous yellow wallpaper.As her husband’s control over what she is and isn’t allowed to do tightens (and he even has his sister come to stay and essentially babysit her) she starts to see creepy things in the patterns in the yellow wallpaper.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This one was really interesting. It actually kind of reads like a Reddit Creepypasta story. Definitely was an interesting commentary on the treatment of mental/physical health at the time, especially for women. It’s wild to think that mental health was just treated with “exercise, good food, and air” in the past.Having the story be told in essentially diary entries added to the overall vibe of the story. It helped the gaps in the entries make more sense, because she could only write when her husband was away.Overall, super quick read (I’m talking like 70 pages). If you enjoy those random, fictionous, creepy Reddit stories that pop up occasionally, you’ll like this one.