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    The Yellow Wallpaper: Classic Tales Edition
    The Yellow Wallpaper: Classic Tales Edition
    The Yellow Wallpaper: Classic Tales Edition
    Audiobook40 minutes

    The Yellow Wallpaper: Classic Tales Edition

    Written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

    Narrated by B.J. Harrison

    4/5

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    About this audiobook

    It’s just a hideously papered room. At least, that’s what everybody else thought. But when a woman suffering from a nervous condition is housed in the room, things begin to surface from the wallpaper.

    Things that seem familiar, but are best left quiet and undisturbed...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherB.J. Harrison
    Release dateSep 15, 2010
    ISBN9781950524464
    The Yellow Wallpaper: Classic Tales Edition
    Author

    Charlotte Perkins Gilman

    Celebrated feminist writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She is perhaps best remembered as the author of the short story ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, which details a woman’s descent into madness after she is cooped up in a misguided attempt to restore her to health. The story was a clear indicator of Gilman’s views on the restraints of women and related to her own treatment for postpartum depression.

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    4/5

    1,566 ratings80 reviews

    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to be a wonderfully feminist piece of literature that critically examines the effects of subjugating women. The story delves into the world of mental illness and makes a huge statement about the need for women to be heard and make their own choices. It is a perfect bit of gothic horror that gives readers literal goosebumps. Some reviewers wished for a female narrator, but overall, the book is highly enjoyed and considered brilliant.

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    • 2/5
      I love this story bit having a man narrate does not work. The wife in this is suffering from post partum depression which would not be the case with a gay couple

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      This is a feminist work from the point of view of a woman, and it’s narrated by a man....? Okay then......

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      First published in 1892, The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story of choppy sentences that punctuate the rambling thoughts of a woman going mad. The narrator is an obedient wife and mother, sexually restrained and socially isolated. Her husband and brother, both physicians, confine her to an attic nursery in order to calm her nerves. Instead, she is tormented by a woman trapped inside the wallpaper “where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside down.”

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    • 5/5
      This book made me want to take a short story course.
    • 5/5
      If you've ever wondered what it's like to go mad, this story will give you a very good idea of it. Surreal!
    • 4/5
      Even if we exclude the impact this short story has had on feminist literature, it still remains a well written piece of gothic horror. The house, the "nursery" and the infamous yellow wallpaper all set this atmosphere of unease and foreboding.

      The book also renders a very realistic depiction of depression - how often "rest" is just euphemism for further isolation and how agency is important in the process of healing.

      I can talk about this book all day, but this was meant to be just a review, not a full essay (unfortunately), so I'll end with this: if you like gothic horror, you need to read it!
    • 5/5
      The Yellow Wallpaper is the type of story that can be interpreted many different ways. There are countless theories out there in reviews. But, essentially, it's a short story about a woman's decent into a serious mental illness and makes a huge statement about the need for women to be heard and to make their own choices within marital and medical situations.

      It's really good! So glad I finally got to read this! Perfect bit of gothic horror which gave me the creeps - literal goosebumps all over.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed the book very much. I do however feel that it would have been better with a female narrator.
    • 5/5
      Loved it , it's creepy and the ending made it more creepy
    • 4/5
      I highly enjoyed this short story and I have heard great things about it, this story is about mental health but also about being poisoned by chemicals in the wallpaper because back then certain chemicals were used in making the colours on wallpaper and that led to people getting sick and dying...

    • 5/5
      I can't believe I'd never read this before; except I can believe it, as it's a wonderfully feminist piece of literature that critically examines the effects of subjugating women in order to "help" them. Small surprise my hyper-religious, patriarchal upbringing didn't involve this timely tale... I thought it was magnificent, and I'm utterly on Jane's side.
    • 4/5
      Interesting story told in journal fashion of a woman compelled to take a rest cure by her p hysician hu s band and the result forced inactivity has on her mind.
    • 4/5
      A creepy psychological horror with subtle feminism undertones. I truly enjoyed this one, because it showed how helpless women of the past were in certain situations, governed by their fathers, husbands, and brothers.
    • 5/5
      If you've any appreciation for short stories that stand the test of time, then you're sure to like this one.

      Gilman's story of woman in a room with yellow wallpaper sounds about as dry and bland as one can imagine, which is precisely why one needs to read it to see how dangerous preconceived ideas can be.

      Gilman's narrator is bubbly and energetic initially, then changes begin to settle in -changes which leave her state of mind on the precipice of ruination. Does she manage to hold herself together? Or, does she slip into horrifying madness?
    • 4/5
      Great narrator! Well written. Complex ending. It’s worth a read.
    • 2/5
      Even as short as it is, still too long. It would be more compelling as a paragraph or two. Probably as highly rated as it is because of its position within feminist literature, which is fine and understandable (and moderately interesting); I just didn't care for it--I found it more comical than anything else.
    • 5/5
      A brilliant, personal view into the world of mental illness, with its shifting reality. Fearful and strange.
    • 4/5
      A short story chronicling one woman's descent into madness, poorly understood by those around her, and tormented by the ghastly yellow wallpaper in her bedroom. Very well told. I only wish it were longer.
    • 4/5
      Brilliant story of madness! Fascinating piece for its historical value as Ms. Gilman is protesting the common treatment at the time the story was written given to women who were suffering "nervous" disorders. A cautionary tale but extremely frightening because of its reality.
    • 3/5
      This was a short story told from the point of view of a woman who was suffering what we would today call postpartum depression. Her husband and family force her to stay on bed rest in a strange room where she slowly loses her mind based on her surroundings - especially the wallpaper in the room. While short, the story does a nice job making the reader feel for the main character, and gives us a glimpse of what it might be like to suffer from that type of depression.
    • 5/5
      I loved this creepy little story. I do think it should have been read by a woman since it's from a woman's perspective, but the narrator still did a really good job.
    • 2/5
      A story about postpartum depression, make doctors who have no idea how to treat it, and an obsession with wallpaper.This just didn’t do it for me.
    • 4/5
      This had a creepy build up to a great ending. The insight into a failing mind projecting on to the people around her and her surroundings was captivating. Recommended
    • 4/5
      I originally read this story in 1994, and I welcomed the chance to revisit it with Sara Barkat's 2020 graphic novel that uses GIlman's full and complete text.Such a creepy bit of psychological horror. It reminded me of the Lovecraftian works I've read recently, and it got me to wondering how much Gilman might have influenced Lovecraft. Sure enough, his mother knew her while she was a governess in Providence and Lovecraft is on record mentioning the story on several occasions.Barkat's art is not as polished as I prefer, but it certainly adds a wonderful new dimension to Gilman's most unsettling prose.
    • 4/5
      Interesting piece of short fiction about a woman living in a rented house. She seems to be suffering from depression, perhaps even post-partum depression because there is mention of a baby. Her physician husband alternately coddles her and dismisses her complaints. At his insistance they made their bedroom the old nursery at the top of the house which is papered with a hideous yellow paper. The paper has been torn off in spots. The narrator thinks the room must have been used by young boys but it becomes clear that someone else was confined here before the narrator came. As the days go by she becomes fixated on the design in the wallpaper. She believes there is a woman behind bars who tries to get out, especially at night. Is this a hallucination or is she projecting her own self on the design? And is her husband imprisoning her or is she imprisoning herself? There are no answers just more questions.
    • 5/5
      This was a reread for me. I listened to this one in 2018. The audiobook was narrated by Jo Myddleton, and I gave it the full five stars. For such a short story it packs a punch, and it is one that has stayed with me. Last year, when I saw that they had made a GN version of it, I ordered it right away. I was really impressed with how well the illustrations captured the growing tension and the main character's descent into madness. This horror classic is considered feminist literature, too, because it does a beautiful job of depicting how few choices the main character has just because she is a woman. I just can't recommend the story itself highly enough, regardless of what format you prefer. I loved that the GN is unabridged - all of the text from the original story is there beautifully brought to life by the illustrations of Sara Barkat.
    • 4/5
      I listened to the audiobook and when I finished, I ran to read the ebook as well. This story is creepy and fascinating, its incredible how in just a few pages you can be invested in this woman mind, her life, her obsession.

      A great story and definitely something to re-read multiple time to analyze in deep.
    • 4/5
      True horror is what people do to each other, meaning well or not, or what they do to themselves. But the wallpaper does sound gruesome.
    • 4/5
      I have been meaning to read this for such a long time and I finally did and it leaves me wishing I could read it again for the first time again, I really enjoyed this one
    • 3/5
      Read this short story in 1 sitting. It is the story of a woman's descent into madness following the birth of her child and the subsequent enforced rest. She is taken to a country house to recover and spends most of her time confined to a room with horrid yellow wallpaper. The description of the room makes me think what happens to the woman has happened in the past. A creepy, thought provoking read.