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173 The Yellow Wallpaper (with Evie Lee)

The History of Literature

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The Yellow Wallpaper That Sticks

The story today is widely read, one of the most famous short stories in the world. It's listed on syllabi and included in anthologies as a central text in both 19th century American fiction and feminist literature. Even men who thought they were being kind and scientific by adopting the prevailing views of women as weak and inferior are contributing to a kind of oppression of women that bordered on imprisonment.

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