The Yellow Wallpaper

In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's classic late-nineteenth-century story, a new mother grapples with what today might be recognized as postpartum depression. Diagnosed with a nervous disorder, she is advised to forsake her intellectual pursuits and isolate herself, leading to a deepening sense of despair that goes unnoticed by her husband. Confined to a nursery adorned with yellow wallpaper, she spirals into madness as her isolation intensifies.