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The Yellow Wallpaper

By Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Series: ERIS gems
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A woman is told to rest. To obey. To stop thinking. What follows is one of the most unsettling descents in modern fiction. In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic, the domestic interior becomes a site of quiet horror, where care turns to control and reason gives way... Read More
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In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic, the domestic interior becomes a site of quiet horror, where care turns to control and reason gives way to obsession. Short, precise, and impossible to forget, it's a story that gets under the skin.

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A woman is told to rest. To obey. To stop thinking. What follows is one of the most unsettling descents in modern fiction.

In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic, the domestic interior becomes a site of quiet horror, where care turns to control and reason gives way to obsession.

Short, precise, and impossible to forget, The Yellow Wallpaper is a story that gets under the skin.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781971559247

Publisher: ERIS

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 August 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: ERIS

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 18

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman Classic Fiction Classic General Fiction Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Series: ERIS gems

About the Author

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American writer, lecturer, and social critic associated with early feminist thought. Her work explores the constraints placed on women’s lives and the psychological costs of those constraints. The Yellow Wallpaper is her most widely read and influential story.

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