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The Yellow Wallpaper

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Narrated by: Colleen Delany
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Summary

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (1860 - 1935), gained much of her fame with lectures on women's issues, ethics, labor, human rights, and social reform. She often referred to these themes in her fiction. She is best remembered for her 1892 short story "The Yellow Wallpaper", which was based on her own bout with severe depression and misguided medical treatment.
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A classic horror story

That the ambiguity of the story allows the interpretation of it on many levels, societal, cultural, and metaphorical as well as a story of an unreliable mentally-ill narrator.

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