The setting of the story

      The actions in  the story take place in the colonial period. All the events happen in one mansion that stands quite far away from other houses. At the beginning the main character even liked that house but still she felt something strange about that house. 

       We get to know from the text about two rooms in the house. One was airy with piazza and roses, the other one was the room where all the events happened. The main heroine didn`t like that room at all and ironically she had to stay there all the time. 

       Those wallpapers created the atmosphere of  mystery and horror in a way. The most part of the story is based on the actions that concern these wallpapers and  the story didn`t become boring up to the end. I think hat Charlotte Perkins had an amazing talent to writing  such kind of stories.

Reading the story one more time

Reading the story for one more time helped to get me in it deeper. I`ve caught details  that I didn`t notice before. Besides the story of the main heroine, there is great mystery that gives effect  of closeness. For a moment I`ve imagined all the main character went through. I thing after reading the story for one more I will discover something else.

 

  

 

THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN

        Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born on July 3, 1860, in Hartford, Connecticut. She published her best-known short story "The Yellow Wall-Paper" in 1892. One of her greatest works of non-fiction, Women and Economics, was published in 1898. Along with writing books, she established a magazine, The Forerunner, which was published from 1909 to 1916. Gilman committed suicide on August 17, 1935, in Pasadena, California.

Early Life

Writer and social reformer Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born on July 3, 1860, in Hartford, Connecticut. Gilman was a writer and social activist during the late 1800s and early 1900s. She had a difficult childhood. Her father, Frederick Beecher Perkins was a relative of well-known and influential Beecher family, including the writer Harriet Beecher Stowe. But he abandoned the family, leaving Charlotte's mother to raise two children on her own. Gilman moved around a lot as a result and her education suffered greatly for it.

Marriage and Inspiration

         Gilman married artist Charles Stetson in 1884. The couple had a daughter named Katherine. Sometime during her decade-long marriage to Stetson, Gilman experienced a severe depression and underwent a series of unusual treatments for it. This experience is believed to have inspired her best-known short story "The Yellow Wall-Paper" (1892).

Women's Rights Activism

          While she is best known for her fiction, Gilman was also a successful lecturer and intellectual. One of her greatest works of nonfiction, Women and Economics, was published in 1898. A feminist, she called for women to gain economic independence, and the work helped cement her standing as a social theorist. It was even used as a textbook at one time. Other important nonfiction works followed, such as The Home: Its Work and Influence (1903) and Does a Man Support His Wife? (1915).

Along with writing books, Charlotte Perkins Gilman established The Forerunner, a magazine that allowed her to express her ideas on women's issues and on social reform. It was published from 1909 to 1916 and included essays, opinion pieces, fiction, poetry and excerpts from novels.

Suicide

        In 1900, Gilman had married for the second time. She wed her cousin George Gilman, and the two stayed together until his death in 1934. The next year she discovered that she had inoperable breast cancer. Charlotte Perkins Gilman committed suicide on August 17, 1935.

What we are going to read?

    The story is entitled "The Yellow Wallpaper " by Charlotte Perkins Stetson.

       When I started reading the story, I decided for myself that I won`t like it. But I was mistaken, the ending of the story surprised me. I didn`t expect that the story might have such scenario  and I`ve got some thoughts after reading  that will share with you but a little bit later.

       The descriptions of the events are so precise that it is very easy to imagine the whole situation at once and even in a way to feel the state of the main character. I will read it one more time with pleasure to get into the story deeper.

My first post ever!!!

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Actually, this is my first experience having a blog. It was not a big deal to create it.  At first I felt confused, because that is something new for me. I`m glad to have such an opportunity to share my own thoughts and ideas. Who knows, may be I will like it and in future blogging will help me share my thoughts with the whole world.