I hope you enjoy this reading of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Summary: First published in 1892, The Yellow Wallpaper is a haunting and revolutionary short story that explores the confines of a woman’s mind under the pressures of societal expectations and medical ignorance. Told through the secret journal of a young wife prescribed “rest” for her nervous condition, the story captures her slow descent into obsession with the room’s sickly yellow wallpaper—an obsession that mirrors her growing awareness of her own imprisonment.
A powerful early work of feminist literature, Gilman’s tale remains a timeless study of mental health, autonomy, and the struggle for self-expression in a world determined to silence women’s voices.
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