Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman, also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, and advocate for social reform. She was an early and leading figure in the women's rights movement in the United States, and in modern terms is regarded as a socialist feminist.
The Yellow Wallpaper
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1892
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Confined by her physician husband to an upstairs nursery for a "rest cure," a woman descends into obsession and madness with the sinister, shifting patterns of the room's yellow wallpaper.
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Emotional Weight
0.9 / 5
Lighthearted
Narrative Pacing
0.7 / 5
Contemplative
Literary Style
0.9 / 5
Direct & Minimalist
Speculative / Reality
0.3 / 5
Realistic / Mimetic
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century
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