Cover art for The Yellow Wallpaper
Published
Virago, April 1981
ISBN
9780860682011
Format
Softcover, 64 pages
Dimensions
19.9cm × 13.4cm × 0.9cm

The Yellow Wallpaper

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INTRODUCED BY MAGGIE O'FARRELL

'A great work of literature, the product of a questing, burning intellect' MAGGIE O'FARRELL

'Even if the themes being explored might seem irrelevant . . . this is not the case' GUARDIAN

'I loved the unnerving, sarcastic tone, the creepy ending' PARIS REVIEW

Based on the author's own experiences, The Yellow Wallpaper is the chilling tale of a woman driven to the brink of insanity by the 'rest cure' prescribed after the birth of her child. While she is isolated in a crumbling mansion, in a room with bars on the windows, the tortuous pattern of the yellow wallpaper winds its way into the recesses of her mind.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was America's leading feminist intellectual of the early twentieth century and a brilliant writer, editor and speaker. The Yellow Wallpaper is her masterpiece.

Reviewed by Kim

A compelling short story that chronicles a woman's descent into madness and explores the effect of the patriarchy on women.

As relevant today as 130 years ago, this book is unsettling and absolutely brilliant.

Recommended for fans of the Brontes and Daphne du Maurier,

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