The Yellow Wallpaper And Other Writings
“You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Yellow Wallpaper Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman Release Date: November 25, 2008 [EBook #1952] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE YELLOW WALLPAPER *** Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger THE YELLOW WALLPAPER By Charlotte Perkins Gilman It is very seldom that mere... ordinary people like John and myself secure ancestral halls for the summer.
A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity—but that would be asking too much of fate!
Still I will proudly declare that there is something queer about it.
Else, why should it be let so cheaply? And why have stood so long untenanted?
John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.
John is practical in the extreme. He has no patience with faith, an intense horror of superstition, and he scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures.MoreLess
A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity—but that would be asking too much of fate!
Still I will proudly declare that there is something queer about it.
Else, why should it be let so cheaply? And why have stood so long untenanted?
John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.
John is practical in the extreme. He has no patience with faith, an intense horror of superstition, and he scoffs openly at any talk of things not to be felt and seen and put down in figures.MoreLess
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