My greatest fear is losing my sanity...This was a very chilling tale indeed..thanks for the suggestion you did wonderful with this disturbing telling. Just incredible your narration fit perfectly.
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's health, both physical and mental. Chapters: 00:18 - Opening Credits 00:49 - The Yellow Wallpaper 38:48 - Closing Credits Bandcamp link: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/the-yellow-wallpaper Narrated by Jennifer Gill for HorrorBabble Music and production by Ian Gordon Support us on Bandcamp or Patreon: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com www.patreon.com/horrorbabble HorrorBabble MERCH: teespring.com/stores/horrorbabble-merch Search HORRORBABBLE to find us on: AUDIBLE / ITUNES / SPOTIFY Home: www.horrorbabble.com Rue Morgue: www.rue-morgue.com Social Media: facebook.com/HorrorBabble instagram.com/horrorbabble twitter.com/HorrorBabble
I feel like a little kid stumbling upon a treasure trove of goodies. It's lovely to know that there is a female narrator with an equally perfect voice for these spooktacular stories. Charlotte Perkins Gilman is one of my favourite feminists/ authors. Thank you for your wonderful narration.
Perhaps the woman behind the wallpaper was none other than the subconscious of the protagonist herself. The human psyche is a strange thing indeed. Reminds me of what John Milton wrote in paradise lost; "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven." Another fantastic story. Thank you for recording this.
I see a suppressed woman whose imaginative and intelligent nature is held down by an overpowering husband. Unable to express herself without reproach, derision and overwhelming smothering she turners to introspection and imaginative wandering to escape the prison she is forced to endure. The wallpaper with its rot and decay is symbolic of her ever diminishing control over even the simplest things in her life. She is completely overpowered and slowly decays in body and mind. The lady in the wallpaper is a metaphor of herself. Trapped within the intricate patterns of Victorian marriage and its societal mores, where women’s voices and desires could only be expressed within the confines of male acceptance. Finally her husband is overwhelmed and she creeps over him. A final metaphoric victory.
Awesome! I love your response. I'd like to add..the entrapment of women. How women, in an attempt to meet societal expectations, treat themselves as poorly as the men do. She agreed to stay in that room, she locked herself in that room. She is a victim of internalised mysogyny.
Thanks for sharing your idea. I don’t get that feeling at all from this piece, but that is the great thing about good writing, people get lots of different meanings out of the same piece. I get the meaning of the protagonist slowly loosing her mind to her illness that no one believes she has. We get a look into the abstraction of her mind.
I agree with all of that, except I think the wallpaper represents misogyny and oppression. A dated stale and corrupt thing she took down, freeing not only herself but other women too.
I normally don't like audiobooks but I really liked this one. I think it's because the narrator's voice was so calm that it really brought out the slightly eerie feel to the story. Also the narrator is exactly how I would picture the voice of the woman in the story.
Wow - yep. I read the story in high school - didn't get it, read it in college - sorta' got it, read it in my 50's - got it. Excellent update of the classic. Great quality and sound - love it.
This is perfect. I'm an old timey horror fan but I've never heard a story written by a woman in the Era. An excellent portrait of postpartum and the lack of voice for women in Healthcare especially mental
I really enjoy this story! I love how the wife will refer to the wallpaper in various ways - sometimes it comes up in the flow of the narrative, and other times she almost interrupts her train of thought and focuses right back on the wallpaper. The narrative is smooth at times, jarring at times, and unravels toward the end - just like the wallpaper pattern itself. Excellent painting with words to further highlight the lurid effects of the wallpaper. Sorry, I'm a word nerd 8-)
I read this story in a horror anthology when I was 11 or 12 and I just couldn't appreciate it at the time. So glad this channel reminded me it exists. Thanks for the read.
oh boy !!! who else drops everything else to hear HORRORBABBLE ???? Hey Ian !! love your voice Jennifer.!!! your a wonderful narrator , too !! always SOO glad to get a New post from y'all . we all need some HORRORBABBLE IN OUR LIVES !! 😸❤❤❤. Everyday ....
Such an amazing audiobook production. The voice is exactly as I imagined the protagonist to speak. Just fantastic. This really helped me in doing my assignment for university. Thank you so much!
I think my man Lovecraft understood this story best of all. From Wikipedia: Pioneering horror author H. P. Lovecraft writes in his essay Supernatural Horror in Literature (1927) that "'The Yellow Wall Paper' rises to a classic level in subtly delineating the madness which crawls over a woman dwelling in the hideously papered room where a madwoman was once confined." Those rings in the wall and the marks on the wall and floor (scratch marks!!!) are KEY!
The real horror in this story is how women were treated- in general, but particularly by the medical community- until quite recently. (And vestiges of this misogyny still remain...) This author does an excellent job describing both going insane, and the woman's conditioning. Like how she thinks her husband is just showing his concern when he is actually being massively condescending and patronizing. I mean, he's told her there's nothing wrong worthy of consideration (she just has "hysterical tendencies" and needs to control herself) while simultaneously telling her she's too sick to write, see her family, or leave that room. It seems to me it was his "treatment" that led directly to her going so crazy.
There are a few people in the thread here that seem co fused by the ending/meaning of this story. I highly recommend looking up the author and learn a little about what she actually went through. It's a big help in understanding this story.
I really did enjoy this story. The way you expressed the way the woman spoke about her illness, and her obsession with the wallpaper. That her husband as the doctor , totally disclosed his wife way of thinking and Imagination which could have developed her psychological improprieties So you see this story could have went a little further and the wife could have begun to go insane because at night in the wee hours of the morning she began to see a figure in that are orange and yellow wallpaper. The nights went in two weeks into months.. But you see it really was not the wallpaper it was The Apparition that would visit her every night. The Apparition would enter the room from the wall that had the orange and yellow wallpaper. So finally the husband so distressed and upset about his wife he had to admit her to a Sanitarium, he told the servants that they were coming but he made sure that no one in the household would speak of it until that day that they are to come and take her there, but when they were taking her out of the room she was kicking and screaming no, no no, I will not leave my friend and it turns out that the friend was buried in the wall from 50 years ago he was murdered. And yes 12 they put his body in the wall and his remains were found right behind the orange and yellow wallpaper So her husband a doctor should have listened to his wife and her obsession with the wallpaper, and it turns out that she wasn't crazy it was the dead body in the wall. So you see imagination can go pretty far when someone17 just thinks as I just added this little piece to the story. Now no, low I'm no great writer but I've got a good imagination. So once again, a grand thank you to ; Ian from horrible - and your wonderful imaginative story..
speaking for myself, this has occurred or it may have happened to others. Will being on in the room and being aware of the surroundings sometimes someone's imagination could run away from themselves, and if there is a noise or Creek and if it would happen repetitively you may think there could be something of it. Someone's imagination is a very strong thing.
Ohhhh man!! that old radio program "Suspense" adapted this one with Agnes Moorehead That was a fun one This was really fun to hear in its original form
What an amazing story! Beautifully written, very smart and deep metaphors, creepy as heck, what else can one ask for? Thank you for this wonderful channel
I just realized she colored herself yellow with the wallpaper to blend in like camouflage so she could "creep" as opposed to when she was outside and didn't blend in
hi Jennifer - great reading: your interpretation, your "acting", your voice modulation - all really good. thanks so much. already having read this story a while ago, i wasn't sure i wanted to hear it again, but i was busy and it came up, so i just let it go. glad i did. :}
Great read Jen ! having a diagnosed mental disorder, although high functioning, 90% normal, I can understand how the lady seems to go further and further off kilter, seen it other ppl who can't self re-align like I can after a bad day. the 19th century was terrible for mental issues, not too great in the 20th and I'm not impressed w 21st century psych care in the US. Weird wallpaper would be terrible for some. Little trivia, bubblewrap was originally planned as wallpaper so kids wouldn't get hurt, no shit feel free to look it up, thankfully that didn't work but someone realized it would be great for packing and shipping, and as you and Ian have prob seen online, some use in erotic photography, also great for window insulation, keep the hot or cold air out and lets light thru as well as limiting what ppl can see one doing inside. Keep up the good work across the pond !
The really awesome aspect of this story is that you never really figure out if the woman is going insane or if there really was some supernatural element present in the house. A truly nice piece of writing this is.
The entire time I'm listening to this (very excellent) recording, I have to remind myself that the husband is a man of his time. My modern feminist ideals, they burn!
The movie lines up with the story, and the music makes the movie ominous. The wallpaper is hideous. Looking g at it gives me anxiety. Must watch movie.
It's funny because I was just thinking about this story yesterday. When will you be reading a story about people on the internet who can hear people's thoughts?
At the end, the wife says to her husband “I’ve got out at last, in spite of you and Jane! And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back!" (Jane might be herself) This indicates she has become totally insane. Her husband as her doctor first finds she creeping in the room, then hears this, no wonder he faints. However, she does not stop creeping, but creeps over his body every time. The ending of the story is hopeless.
Not sure either. People back in the Victorian era (I'm assuming this is when the story took place?) seemed more prone to fainting at things. They were a lot more upright in general. Either John fainted at the mere idea of seeing his beloved wife crawling on the floor uttering mad things, or - as the story might imply - the wife had somehow become one of the women in the wallpaper. Perhaps the story keeps it vague on purpose.
I think she was probably sinking into the wallpaper, haunting the semi-hidden background pattern. He caught a touch of her psychosis. This story has haunted me for years. It's got a certain something. It's terribly disturbing upon repeat listen. You really have to wonder about the "rings set into the walls" (for chains?!) and the locations of the scratch marks on the wallpaper and the floor, which indicate some poor desperate soul being chained up and madly clawing at the walls and floor. It's only hinted at, but still...
Imagine going into the room and seeing your wife creeping around on all fours against the wall, she looks back at you with madness in her eyes and says " its okay, i got out" and and then continues to scuttle and creep around the room. I suppose not everyone would faint but it would be disturbing as hell.
Every time I listen to this the story gets more and more disturbing. Jennifer has an innocent form of narration that adds to this poor blameless woman who only wants someone's love to her. Locked away so her husband can havw an again yet she still trusts him completely. I am convinced she sees herself creeping and creeping outside with some other part of her consciousness acting the fool to distract from the truth. Creeping and creeping outside - how disturbing.
I tried to listen again right now but there's some incredible sadness listening to this poor woman go mad that I just dont want to deal with. All she needed was her and a longing husband who wont forsake her. I hope he goes mad as well when he sees her creeping about.
Is it Ian’s wife doing this narration ? I had a really hip way of asking that question in emojis but didn’t wanna risk getting banned from my favorite channel lol
Seems to me like a woman who has been suffering from anxiety and post partum depression (if the baby is still alive) her husband is making things worse by keeping her locked up. It is about gaslighting, it's also about the ignorance to mental health. The mindset that the mentally ill should be locked up is very unhelpful.
Read it again in 5 or 10 years and then again in 5 or 10 more years. You will pick up on details that you missed previously. I think as we grow older and experience more it changes the way we feel about this story.
To I the listener, it is the plain & horrible truth of controlling & abusive relationships. They pretend to be your best interest of you, when it is really for them. It is beginning to end of these relationships Self Serving ,an always we are caught by these persons & learn this lesson too late. An to this character bless her to have the last word in this relationship, for too often the rest turn invisible because before it is known you are isolated & disempowered. I prayer for those the Courage Peace & the Unconditional Love you deserve.
There's no bigger a know-it-all than a Victorian England physician...
The guy that put that wall-paper up wasn't too smart. He accidentally glued down the wife behind the paper? o.o
This guy is the first man's plainer.
I agree but do allow me to point out that he’s an American physician!
@@morganlabatt4543 what i came to say! Ty!
I laughed out loud 😂
My greatest fear is losing my sanity...This was a very chilling tale indeed..thanks for the suggestion you did wonderful with this disturbing telling. Just incredible your narration fit perfectly.
This is one of my favourite readings. Again, I'm really happy you checked it out. Thanks again Myles! Jennifer
what she sees in the wallpaper is her shadow and the bars at knight are the ones on the windows.
What a unique perspective.
Woah,, Ive never thought of it that way
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's health, both physical and mental.
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I feel like a little kid stumbling upon a treasure trove of goodies. It's lovely to know that there is a female narrator with an equally perfect voice for these spooktacular stories. Charlotte Perkins Gilman is one of my favourite feminists/ authors. Thank you for your wonderful narration.
Perhaps the woman behind the wallpaper was none other than the subconscious of the protagonist herself. The human psyche is a strange thing indeed. Reminds me of what John Milton wrote in paradise lost; "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."
Another fantastic story. Thank you for recording this.
I see a suppressed woman whose imaginative and intelligent nature is held down by an overpowering husband.
Unable to express herself without reproach, derision and overwhelming smothering she turners to introspection and imaginative wandering to escape the prison she is forced to endure. The wallpaper with its rot and decay is symbolic of her ever diminishing control over even the simplest things in her life. She is completely overpowered and slowly decays in body and mind. The lady in the wallpaper is a metaphor of herself. Trapped within the intricate patterns of Victorian marriage and its societal mores, where women’s voices and desires could only be expressed within the confines of male acceptance.
Finally her husband is overwhelmed and she creeps over him. A final metaphoric victory.
Awesome! I love your response. I'd like to add..the entrapment of women. How women, in an attempt to meet societal expectations, treat themselves as poorly as the men do. She agreed to stay in that room, she locked herself in that room. She is a victim of internalised mysogyny.
Thanks for sharing your idea. I don’t get that feeling at all from this piece, but that is the great thing about good writing, people get lots of different meanings out of the same piece.
I get the meaning of the protagonist slowly loosing her mind to her illness that no one believes she has. We get a look into the abstraction of her mind.
I agree with all of that, except I think the wallpaper represents misogyny and oppression. A dated stale and corrupt thing she took down, freeing not only herself but other women too.
I normally don't like audiobooks but I really liked this one. I think it's because the narrator's voice was so calm that it really brought out the slightly eerie feel to the story. Also the narrator is exactly how I would picture the voice of the woman in the story.
Wow - yep. I read the story in high school - didn't get it, read it in college - sorta' got it, read it in my 50's - got it. Excellent update of the classic. Great quality and sound - love it.
It's a great story. Glad you like the reading, thanks for listening! Jennifer
Could you please explain.
Your voice is just as I imagined the protagonist's voice is.
This helped me with my reading assignment, thank you!!!
Same, I was sent here by my teacher to do something and didn't want to read the entire thing, so she gave us the audio link
@@tnott_gabee glad to join the team cuz samee
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My English teacher in high school showed this story to the class and it’s one I think about constantly
This is perfect. I'm an old timey horror fan but I've never heard a story written by a woman in the Era. An excellent portrait of postpartum and the lack of voice for women in Healthcare especially mental
I really enjoy this story! I love how the wife will refer to the wallpaper in various ways - sometimes it comes up in the flow of the narrative, and other times she almost interrupts her train of thought and focuses right back on the wallpaper. The narrative is smooth at times, jarring at times, and unravels toward the end - just like the wallpaper pattern itself. Excellent painting with words to further highlight the lurid effects of the wallpaper.
Sorry, I'm a word nerd 8-)
I totally agree! One of my favourite stories. Thanks for listening! Jennifer
Beautiful perspective. You've highlighted some of the brilliance of this story beautifully.
I love the symbolism in this piece! It's so creative that the figure trapped in the wallpaper is really her trapped by her husbands tyrrany :D
I read this story in a horror anthology when I was 11 or 12 and I just couldn't appreciate it at the time. So glad this channel reminded me it exists. Thanks for the read.
Thank you for listening Annoyed Platypus. I'm glad it brought some memories back. Jennifer
oh boy !!! who else drops everything else to hear HORRORBABBLE ???? Hey Ian !! love your voice Jennifer.!!! your a wonderful narrator , too !! always SOO glad to get a New post from y'all . we all need some HORRORBABBLE IN OUR LIVES !! 😸❤❤❤. Everyday ....
Such an amazing audiobook production. The voice is exactly as I imagined the protagonist to speak. Just fantastic. This really helped me in doing my assignment for university. Thank you so much!
This story perfectly captures the feeling of madness!
Is your picture an image of Asimov's incredible sideburns?
Opium abuse.
That was great! Thank you so much for recording this!!
You're welcome Jessica!
Thanks for recommending this story! it was definitely a chilling tale and thank you Jennifer for reading it!
I think my man Lovecraft understood this story best of all. From Wikipedia: Pioneering horror author H. P. Lovecraft writes in his essay Supernatural Horror in Literature (1927) that "'The Yellow Wall Paper' rises to a classic level in subtly delineating the madness which crawls over a woman dwelling in the hideously papered room where a madwoman was once confined." Those rings in the wall and the marks on the wall and floor (scratch marks!!!) are KEY!
This story gets to me like almost no other. Truly one of the creepiest stories I’ve ever heard.
The real horror in this story is how women were treated- in general, but particularly by the medical community- until quite recently. (And vestiges of this misogyny still remain...)
This author does an excellent job describing both going insane, and the woman's conditioning. Like how she thinks her husband is just showing his concern when he is actually being massively condescending and patronizing. I mean, he's told her there's nothing wrong worthy of consideration (she just has "hysterical tendencies" and needs to control herself) while simultaneously telling her she's too sick to write, see her family, or leave that room. It seems to me it was his "treatment" that led directly to her going so crazy.
I've been subscribed for a moment and never realized you already did one of my most favorite short stories!
Excellent! I read this at A level and I've never forgotten it! Thankyou for reading it
Great story and narration! Fantastic job, Jen! Your voice adds to the story.
Thanks!
There are a few people in the thread here that seem co fused by the ending/meaning of this story. I highly recommend looking up the author and learn a little about what she actually went through. It's a big help in understanding this story.
Glad she told her old doctor to shove it once she published it
I really did enjoy this story. The way you expressed the way the woman spoke about her illness, and her obsession with the wallpaper. That her husband as the doctor , totally disclosed his wife way of thinking and Imagination which could have developed her psychological improprieties
So you see this story could have went a little further and the wife could have begun to go insane because at night in the wee hours of the morning she began to see a figure in that are orange and yellow wallpaper. The nights went in two weeks into months.. But you see it really was not the wallpaper it was The Apparition that would visit her every night. The Apparition would enter the room from the wall that had the orange and yellow wallpaper.
So finally the husband so distressed and upset about his wife he had to admit her to a Sanitarium, he told the servants that they were coming but he made sure that no one in the household would speak of it until that day that they are to come and take her there, but when they were taking her out of the room she was kicking and screaming no, no no, I will not leave my friend and it turns out that the friend was buried in the wall from 50 years ago he was murdered. And yes 12 they put his body in the wall and his remains were found right behind the orange and yellow wallpaper
So her husband a doctor should have listened to his wife and her obsession with the wallpaper, and it turns out that she wasn't crazy it was the dead body in the wall.
So you see imagination can go pretty far when someone17 just thinks as I just added this little piece to the story. Now no, low I'm no great writer but I've got a good imagination.
So once again, a grand thank you to ;
Ian from horrible - and your wonderful imaginative story..
What there was a dead body in the wall
speaking for myself, this has occurred or it may have happened to others. Will being on in the room and being aware of the surroundings sometimes someone's imagination could run away from themselves, and if there is a noise or Creek and if it would happen repetitively you may think there could be something of it. Someone's imagination is a very strong thing.
Ohhhh man!! that old radio program "Suspense" adapted this one with Agnes Moorehead
That was a fun one
This was really fun to hear in its original form
I read this two decades ago.It caused me to have nighmares. This robotic reading has added a level of creepiness that shouldn't exist.
UseLess Lass only thing I read that actually scared me. Steven King does nothing for me, but this subdued and tension building is just so creepy.
I studied this story in college, so it is a joy to hear it read properly.
Listening to this against my better judgement -
What an amazing story! Beautifully written, very smart and deep metaphors, creepy as heck, what else can one ask for? Thank you for this wonderful channel
Thank you for posting this, it adds another dimension with the narrative.
I just realized she colored herself yellow with the wallpaper to blend in like camouflage so she could "creep" as opposed to when she was outside and didn't blend in
hi Jennifer - great reading: your interpretation, your "acting", your voice modulation - all really good. thanks so much. already having read this story a while ago, i wasn't sure i wanted to hear it again, but i was busy and it came up, so i just let it go. glad i did. :}
I consider this a backrooms crossover(backrooms/Cthlulu mythos)by the title alone..and the feel of it, its quite singular.
Great read Jen ! having a diagnosed mental disorder, although high functioning, 90% normal, I can understand how the lady seems to go further and further off kilter, seen it other ppl who can't self re-align like I can after a bad day. the 19th century was terrible for mental issues, not too great in the 20th and I'm not impressed w 21st century psych care in the US. Weird wallpaper would be terrible for some. Little trivia, bubblewrap was originally planned as wallpaper so kids wouldn't get hurt, no shit feel free to look it up, thankfully that didn't work but someone realized it would be great for packing and shipping, and as you and Ian have prob seen online, some use in erotic photography, also great for window insulation, keep the hot or cold air out and lets light thru as well as limiting what ppl can see one doing inside. Keep up the good work across the pond !
Horror outlined in 1 minute - being a woman under patriarchy. Dying under paternalism.
I had to read this for a class but haven't had time. Audio stories are a life saver. Very well read. Thanks!
As a mental health professional, the treatment from her husband is pretty heartbreaking
well this took quite a turn
that payoff about the low scrape mark around the room is amazing
Thank you for all your work. I really treasure this channel.
Thank you! This story is far more enjoyable than I thought it would be.
Beautiful. Terrifying. The story is obviously excellent, and your reading is perfect. Feels like a descent into hell. Good god. Amazing
I first read this story in A Level some 20+ years ago and it's still one of my favourite stories to this day.. sooo creeepy!! XD
This tale has no dislikes for a very important reason. I shall say no more..
Somehow this really reminds me of Shutter Island and Platos Allegory of the Cave
The really awesome aspect of this story is that you never really figure out if the woman is going insane or if there really was some supernatural element present in the house. A truly nice piece of writing this is.
The entire time I'm listening to this (very excellent) recording, I have to remind myself that the husband is a man of his time. My modern feminist ideals, they burn!
Mine too! It is definitely of its time! Thank you for the compliment :) Jennifer
The movie lines up with the story, and the music makes the movie ominous. The wallpaper is hideous. Looking g at it gives me anxiety. Must watch movie.
I looking for a story similar to this where a physician is trying to fix his wife birthmark but end up killing her
Just wrote my paper on John's POV. Thank you for your help!!
It's funny because I was just thinking about this story yesterday. When will you be reading a story about people on the internet who can hear people's thoughts?
Harry Conner 😁
That's an interesting concept right there Harry.
And not half bad.....Ian, you could really write a good one....❤😯. Or you Harry...
An outstanding reading of a genuinely creepy story. Full marks.
Amazing,classic,and very sneaky horror story! What about ending? It was the something else!
Maybe the greatest short ghost story of ALL TIMES.
I watched a short film based on this story during the Midnight Hour on ShortsTV
One of my faves!
Amazing narration!
What a superb reading. The only suggestion I would make is to leave a gap of a few seconds where time has passed in the narrative.
I was looking over your channels older videos and I think some are missing, the creepypasta “Love” is gone even though I know I listened to it on here
Here you go: horrorbabble.bandcamp.com/album/love
Lots of readings had to be removed - but it's a long story.
That was amazing thank you
This was amazing! It helped me with my English project
Thank you very much!
That was a creepy little number, well done.
Yellow wallpaper?! Yikes! Im terrified already, but Im going to listen anyway.
Great story. Love your narration my dear
this one was really good yo
Gilman was a suffragette. I always took this as the overbearing husband driving her crazy.
Can you please do The Penelopid by Margaret Atwood
19:34 is where the story begins
TY for your most excellent reading *Jennifer Gill* I think it needs a female voice👍👍👍👍👍😊
Nice 1 Jess
Can somebody explain this to me? I listened to it, but don't understand the ending.
At the end, the wife says to her husband “I’ve got out at last, in spite of you and Jane! And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back!" (Jane might be herself) This indicates she has become totally insane. Her husband as her doctor first finds she creeping in the room, then hears this, no wonder he faints. However, she does not stop creeping, but creeps over his body every time. The ending of the story is hopeless.
She had one helluva case of postpartum psychosis, the poor woman. I was confused as to why her hubby fainted though.
Yeah I admit I didn't really get the ending either.
Not sure either. People back in the Victorian era (I'm assuming this is when the story took place?) seemed more prone to fainting at things. They were a lot more upright in general. Either John fainted at the mere idea of seeing his beloved wife crawling on the floor uttering mad things, or - as the story might imply - the wife had somehow become one of the women in the wallpaper. Perhaps the story keeps it vague on purpose.
I think she was probably sinking into the wallpaper, haunting the semi-hidden background pattern. He caught a touch of her psychosis. This story has haunted me for years. It's got a certain something. It's terribly disturbing upon repeat listen. You really have to wonder about the "rings set into the walls" (for chains?!) and the locations of the scratch marks on the wallpaper and the floor, which indicate some poor desperate soul being chained up and madly clawing at the walls and floor. It's only hinted at, but still...
Imagine going into the room and seeing your wife creeping around on all fours against the wall, she looks back at you with madness in her eyes and says " its okay, i got out" and and then continues to scuttle and creep around the room. I suppose not everyone would faint but it would be disturbing as hell.
great reading🤘🏾
Every time I listen to this the story gets more and more disturbing.
Jennifer has an innocent form of narration that adds to this poor blameless woman who only wants someone's love to her. Locked away so her husband can havw an again yet she still trusts him completely.
I am convinced she sees herself creeping and creeping outside with some other part of her consciousness acting the fool to distract from the truth.
Creeping and creeping outside - how disturbing.
I tried to listen again right now but there's some incredible sadness listening to this poor woman go mad that I just dont want to deal with.
All she needed was her and a longing husband who wont forsake her. I hope he goes mad as well when he sees her creeping about.
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Your voice is perfect!
Well done!
I don’t get the end
I love this one
Who else is here because of online school
"Round and round and round... ...round and round and round"
Is it Ian’s wife doing this narration ? I had a really hip way of asking that question in emojis but didn’t wanna risk getting banned from my favorite channel lol
Don't think this is about a haunted house at all. For one, I don't hear any anxiety in the narrator's voice. She is talking about something else
OH MY GOD!!! SCARY CREEPY
I did a paper on this in my historical fiction class.
Who directed this (asking for a project)
The echo.. ugh its driving me bonkers
I think one of the most terrifying things about listening to this is remembering my own episode with a psychotic break back in 2002.
Seems to me like a woman who has been suffering from anxiety and post partum depression (if the baby is still alive) her husband is making things worse by keeping her locked up. It is about gaslighting, it's also about the ignorance to mental health. The mindset that the mentally ill should be locked up is very unhelpful.
Read/listen to for the first time. Im in 11th grade. This is pne wacko story
Read it again in 5 or 10 years and then again in 5 or 10 more years. You will pick up on details that you missed previously. I think as we grow older and experience more it changes the way we feel about this story.
Creeepy!
To I the listener, it is the plain & horrible truth of controlling & abusive relationships. They pretend to be your best interest of you, when it is really for them. It is beginning to end of these relationships Self Serving ,an always we are caught by these persons & learn this lesson too late. An to this character bless her to have the last word in this relationship, for too often the rest turn invisible because before it is known you are isolated & disempowered. I prayer for those the Courage Peace & the Unconditional Love you deserve.
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Huh... The ending 🤣🤔
Well, okay then.