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The Yellow Wallpaper

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Narrated by: Cynthia Erivo
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A woman and her husband rent a summer house, but what should be a restful getaway turns into a suffocating psychological battle. This chilling account of postpartum depression and a husband's controlling behaviour in the guise of treatment will leave you breathless.

Public Domain (P)2022 Audible, Ltd Classics Genre Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Psychological Women's Fiction Women's Voices Fiction Scary Marriage American Literature

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Narrated brilliantly, I felt as If I was observing and wanted to intervene!!!!

Atmospheric and short.

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The best books are those that stay with you, that have so many underlying messages that after you read it, you are still thinking about them and finding answers only Google can answer. This book is a small story about a woman that is being kept in a room with a yellow wallpaper she hates. She suffers from post-partum depression and the wallpaper aggravates her mental state. It is set in Victorian times, where women were controlled by her husbands and if they behaved anything outside the norm, were considered hysterical and dismissed. The tragic ending and its symbolism, how it mirrors the lady in the wallpaper, makes for a great ending.

It stays with you and its underlying messages

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For a forty page book I was surprised at how far I fell into the story. So much descriptive language and very funny. We've all been there with our own Yellow Wallpaper... and the narrator, does an excellent job at bringing this book to life.

Powerful Short Story

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Hadn’t heard of this story before I what a discovery. Wonderfully written and creepy short story

Those creeping women, and they creep so fast

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A fascinating portrayal of a woman’s descent into psychosis. I liked the feminist narrative, and enjoyed the performance.

Fascinating and chilling

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