The Yellow Wallpaper (Ebook + Audiobook)
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Publisher Description
«Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 – 1935) was a prominent American writer, sociologist, novelist, educator and social reformer, who is mostly known for her utopian feminists creeds. Her best remembered work today is the semi-autobiographical short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" which she wrote after a severe postpartum psychosis attack.
Published in 1892, "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a 6,000-word short story about a woman who is ill and goes insane. She stares at her yellow wallpaper and gets so irritated and frustrated, that after a while she rips it off the wall. Deep psychological work, it is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature and will be interesting for every connoisseur of high-quality stories.
We are glad to present you the legendary book in a new complex format. The e-book is coupled with the audio version, that will make you enjoy the lovely book anew. Read or listen of your choice!»
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Yuen leads listeners convincingly through this beautifully wrought 1892 short story. She begins the first-person narrative with the voice of a sensible if somewhat distraught young woman confined by her doctor husband to an attic room with hideous yellow wallpaper and bars on the windows. She is thought to have a nervous condition and is permitted no activity, including writing, lest it tire her. Eschewing melodrama, Yuen gradually changes tone and inflection as the weeks pass and the wife starts tearing down the wallpaper, perceives another woman behind it trying to get out, and finally descends into madness. It's a short, intoxicating listen that merits more than one replay.
