The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Grim Classics Series #10.

GrimTales is proud to present a 3D Web Book edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s haunting classic, The Yellow Wallpaper.

First published in 1892, this groundbreaking tale of psychological horror and social critique has endured as one of the most influential works of American gothic fiction. Told through the journal entries of a woman subjected to the oppressive “rest cure,” the story unravels her descent into madness as she becomes increasingly obsessed with the grotesque patterns of the wallpaper in her confinement. What begins as a tale of domestic unease spirals into a chilling portrait of isolation, repression, and the fragile boundary between sanity and terror.

This 3D Web Book edition faithfully preserves Gilman’s text while transforming it into an immersive digital artifact. Hosted securely online, it requires no downloads, resists duplication, and is available exclusively through GrimTales’ independent distribution in partnership with Miskatonic Books.

Enhancing the experience, the edition now includes an embedded audiobook, allowing readers to move seamlessly between the unsettling prose and atmospheric narration. The dynamic 3D presentation amplifies the claustrophobic atmosphere of Gilman’s story, while the embedded voice performance intensifies the narrator’s spiraling obsession.

More than a reprint, this edition revives The Yellow Wallpaper as both literature and experience—preserving its vital feminist message while presenting it in a rare, collectible format designed for the modern era.

Details
Web Book Page Count25
Audio Run Time39 mins 17 secs
Retail Price$2.49