The artwork used for the cover is 'The Young Model' by Federico Zandomeneghi. Although the readers do not know what John thinks, it is clear that he believes that the medical treatment is correct. Production notes: This ebook of The Yellow Wallpaper was published by Global Grey ebooks on the 4th February 2021. How would 'The Yellow Wallpaper' be different if it were told from Johns point of view If the story were told from Johns perspective, it would be a much more detached view of the narrators descent into madness. This book has 13 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1892. Like Jane in the book, she had been prescribed a 'rest' from work, and was only allowed 2 hours of mental stimulation a day. Eventually, she begins to see a figure in the design, and comes to believe that there is a woman behind it a woman who, like her, was confined there against her will.Ĭharlotte Perkins Gilman said that the idea for the story came from her own experience as a patient who suffered years of depression. Alone in the upstairs nursery, our narrator becomes fixated on the wallpaper in the room, describing in detail it's colour, smell, and pattern. She offers up many suggestions that might help her, such as exercising and socialising, but she is dismissed as not able to offer ideas on her own condition. A physician, he has forbidden his wife from working or writing whilst she recovers from depression. Her husband has rented a mansion for the summer. Written as a collection of journal entries, the story details the narrator's descent into madness. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature for it's portrayal of how women's health (both physical and mental) were perceived in the 19th century. The Yellow Wallpaper is a 6,000-word short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. Better in body perhaps - I began, and stopped short, for he sat up straight and looked at me with such a stern, re proachful look that I could not say.

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