STORY

 The Yellow Wallpaper Story       "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in 1892. It is a first-person narrative told by a woman who is suffering from postpartum depression and is prescribed a "rest cure" by her physician husband. The story follows the woman's descent into mental illness as she becomes obsessed with the yellow wallpaper in the room where she is confined. The story is written in the form of a diary that the narrator, a woman, keeps while undergoing treatment for her depression. The narrator and her husband, John, move into a rented mansion for the summer, in an effort to help the narrator recover from her depression. John, a physician, insists that his wife rest and not do any "stimulating" activities, including writing, which she enjoys. The narrator becomes increasingly isolated and begins to develop a fascination with the yellow wallpaper in the room where she is confined....