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The Yellow Wallpaper (Premium)
- Author
- Charlotte Perkins
- Narrator
- Rosy McEwen
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Publish Date
- 22 February 2022
- Run Time
- 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The wallpaper is animate, shifting and writhing, changing before her in the moonlight. There is someone in the walls, she knows it.
Drawing on elements of horror and the gothic, Gilman masterfully shows a woman on the brink of postpartum psychosis. It is a haunting tale of the dangers of social seclusion and cultural starvation, as well as flippant attitudes towards women's health - many of which still prevail today.
Perfect for fans of "Mexican Gothic" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, and "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier.
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Details
- Author
- Charlotte Perkins
- Narrator
- Rosy McEwen
- Duration
- 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 February 2022
- ISBN
- 9788726988406
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- SAGA Egmont
- Genre
- Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Classic fiction, Short stories
Synopsis
A timeless piece of feminist literature, this classic follows a series of journal entries made by a woman diagnosed with hysterical tendencies by her doctor husband. Barred from working or writing she is confined to the nursery of an old New England Colonial mansion to recuperate. Trapped in this room with barred windows and sickly yellow wallpaper, the narrator begins to feel the room come alive and mutate around her. The wallpaper is animate, shifting and writhing, changing before her in the moonlight. There is someone in the walls, she knows it. This classic has gone on to inspire numerous plays, films and T.V adaptations such as an episode of the Twilight Zone "Something in the Walls". This story demarcates the struggle women face in a male dominated world, where their few rights can only allow them to write. It is a story perfect for any fans of Sylvia Plath's work, as the themes of struggle, identity and self are readily apparent.-
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