"'It is stripped off--the paper--in great patches . . . The colour is repellent . . . In the places where it isn't faded and where the sun is just so--I can see a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure, that seems to skulk about . . ."' Based on the author's own experiences, "The Yellow Wallpaper" is the chilling tale of a woman driven to the brink of insanity by the "rest...
"'It is stripped off--the paper--in great patches . . . The colour is repellent . . . In the places where it isn't faded and where the sun is just so--I can see a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure, that seems to skulk about . . ."' Based on the author's own experiences, "The Yellow Wallpaper" is the chilling tale of a woman driven to the brink of insanity by the "rest cure" prescribed after the birth of her child. Isolated in a crumbling colonial mansion, in a room with bars on the windows, the tortuous pattern of the yellow wallpaper winds its way into the recesses of her mind. In addition to this masterpiece, this new edition includes a selection of her best short fiction and extracts from her autobiography.
This short story, based upon the author's own experiences, is a powerful tale of one intelligent woman's struggle with madness, the role of (married) women in society and family in the late 1800s, and how she copes with well-meaning but misguided relatives ...
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0 有用 琼美卡 2023-07-10 13:50:55 江苏
一切关于受困于父系诗学的女性的隐喻都藏在这张黄色墙纸之下,你也看见那个四处攀爬摇动着栏杆的女人了吗?
0 有用 momo 2022-10-03 16:56:57 浙江
阁楼上的疯女人。
0 有用 LXT 2015-10-15 19:50:06
版本不错,有afterword