Send us a textRon Reads Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," a haunting short story that chronicles a woman's descent into madness after being prescribed a rest cure for her "nervous condition."• A woman and her physician husband rent a colonial mansion for the summer• Her husband John dismisses her concerns and prescribes complete rest as treatment• She becomes obsessed with the yellow wallpaper in her bedroom, describing its horrible pattern and color• Writing in secret despite her husband's prohibition as it would "excite her imagination"• The pattern in the wallpaper begins to move and reveal a woman trapped behind it• She becomes convinced multiple women are trapped in the pattern, trying to escape• Her mental state deteriorates as she begins to identify with the woman in the wallpaper• She locks herself in the room to tear down the wallpaper and "free" the trapped woman• The story ends with her complete mental breakdown as she creeps around the roomThank you for listening to Ron Reads a Boring Book Series. Join us next time for another classic literary work brought to life.Support the showhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2466013/support

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