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'The Yellow Wall-Paper' is Gilman's pioneering Gothic masterpiece, telling the story of a woman's descent into madness. Confined to a room, with only the intricate wallpaper for stimulation, the narrator slowly loses her grip on reality. She becomes increasingly suspicious of the people who care for her, convinced they are conspiring against her. As she becomes increasingly transfixed by the sprawling pattern on her walls, her horrifying fantasy becomes disturbingly real. Also contained in this collection are eighteen other stories, which exhibit Gilman's imaginative treatment of women removed from their traditional roles.
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I've always seen references to the yellow wallpaper everywhere, I finally got around to reading it and I wasn't disappointed. The fact that a book about women, the patriarchy, and mental health written in the 1800's can still hold up today and mean so much to us is both impressive and sad.
What a strange story! Parts made may hair sand in end.