"There are things in that wallpaper that nobody knows about but me, or ever will." An important early work of American feminist literature that illustrates attitudes in the 19th century toward women's physical and mental health. The story is a collection of journal entries written by a woman whose husband has locked her in the upstairs bedroom of a house he has rented for the summer. "It is a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine galore. It was nursery first and then ...
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"There are things in that wallpaper that nobody knows about but me, or ever will." An important early work of American feminist literature that illustrates attitudes in the 19th century toward women's physical and mental health. The story is a collection of journal entries written by a woman whose husband has locked her in the upstairs bedroom of a house he has rented for the summer. "It is a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine galore. It was nursery first and then playroom and gymnasium, I should judge; for the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls. The paint and paper look as if a boys' school had used it. It is stripped off--the paper--in great patches all around the head of my bed, about as far as I can reach, and in a great place on the other side of the room low down. I never saw a worse paper in my life. One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin. It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain curves for a little distance they suddenly commit suicide--plunge off at outrageous angles, destroy themselves in unheard of contradictions. The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight. It is a dull yet lurid orange in some places, a sickly sulphur tint in others. No wonder the children hated it! I should hate it myself if I had to live in this room long."
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Add this copy of The Yellow Wallpaper to cart. $20.35, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by CreateSpace Independent Publis.
Add this copy of The Yellow Wallpaper to cart. $27.36, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Createspace Independent Pub.