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The Yellow Wallpaper - cover

The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Publisher: Charles River Editors

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American writer and feminist best known for the semi-autobiographical short story The Yellow Wallpaper which was written after a bad case of postpartum psychosis.  This version of Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper includes a table of contents.
Available since: 03/22/2018.

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