The Yellow Wallpaper

Completed in a mere two days, “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a first person narrative describing descent into madness. The story starts with a narrator suffering from a bought of depression, but soon escalates as she begins to see things her room’s yellow wallpaper. With a forcefully domineering husband and medical commentary touching on the treatment of women, the story succeeds in being equally identifiable as , psychological horror, and feminist commentary. Gilman’s own interpretation of the story can be found . In addition, a version of the story staring Agnes Moorehead was performed in 1948 for the CBS radio show Suspense. You can listen to the original recording .