The Yellow Wallpaper
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4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
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Publisher Description
It is regarded as an important early work of Americanfeminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's physical and mental health. Presented in the first person, the story is a collection of journal entries written by a woman (Jane) whose physician husband (John) has confined her to the upstairs bedroom of a house he has rented for the summer.
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.
Customer Reviews
Intriguing perspective
We read this in an English Lit course I took over the summer. And it captivated my attention then, I decided to give it another read many months later and it's just as captivating. Seeing it again helped me find even deeper meanings in the text than when I read it in class. Definitely recommend.
The yellow wallpaper
Awesome!! Right inside of the main characters mind. It seems very realistic.
Great but short
Great concept. Gave it 4 stars because I wish it was longer!