![]() ![]() "The Yellow Wallpaper" dramatically narrates what she knows would have happened to her had she not escaped from her husband and doctor. She received the "rest cure" of a noted neurologist, extended bedrest and total inactivity, after which she was sent home and told to live as domestic a life as possible and "never touch pen, brush, or pencil as long as you live." Charlotte, who believed work was essential to personal dignity, came close to insanity after a month of domesticity and finally left her husband. After the birth of their child, Charlotte suffered from nervous exhaustion and a debilitating depression. Charlotte married an artist after a lengthy courtship of conflicting emotions. Written in 1890, the story, which closely parallels the author's own life, vividly chronicles a woman's descent into madness. "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a remarkable piece of history and sociology, as well as a feminist story concerning the search for self. ![]()
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