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A woman prescribed rest in a room slowly becomes obsessed with the wallpaper
1892Fast paceDark
What it is about
A woman is prescribed total rest by her doctor husband and confined to an upstairs room. She is forbidden to write, but she keeps a secret journal. Her fascination with the yellow wallpaper grows and takes a strange turn.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who want a short gothic classic.
What you will get
A short story that takes about an hour to read.
The Yellow Wall-Paper Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Classics · Isolation · Mental health · Feminism
Length
64 pages · ≈ 2 h
More about this book
Characters
An unnamed narrator and her husband John.
Setting
A rented country house, in the late 1800s.
What makes it different
A short story that is now a classic of feminist literature.
Feel
Creepy, claustrophobic and sharp.
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