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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 Unreliable Narrator Mind-Bending American Literature
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Powerful Feminist Narrative • Compelling Psychological Thriller • Thought-provoking Classic • Emotional Depth • Clear Audio

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If you haven’t taken in this content, you should because a surprising amount of pop culture references will make a lot more sense.

A must-read/listen

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miss Erivo is excellent and very engaging!
the story does seem to grab you and draw you into her world and make you wonder about this yellow wallpaper but, then that's it..poof it kinda looses you and then it ends.
oh well... font know if I'll recommend it..

odd

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Creepy, eerie but also sad. Well worth the hype surrounding this short story. I'm glad I finally read this.

Excellent

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Started out very mysterious and promising. The story didn’t develop. The ending had no surprise or punch but what can you expect for 40 minutes.

Disappointing

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This is a short literary piece which is often, with the best of intentions, assigned to high school students. Only, they can't possibly understand it. The level of gaslighting that happens in this static asylum-like prison is totally antithetical to the restless energetic lifestyle of bustling from home to school, school to home, to friends houses, or the vast reach of social media.

The story's Poe-like monomania is window dressing for a deeply proto-feminist story where the woman goes, mad breaks free of her prison, and her husband falls -- all because of his relentless oppressive control.

The story isn't without fault. The description of the wallpaper can get tiresome and the transition moment is a little too blink-and-you-miss-it. Overall though, this is a wonderful short story.

Great narration. I've been listening to another version for a few years because I got it for free at the time. I far prefer this reading.

Decent into madness

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