William Dean Howells refused to publish it, and he sent it to Horace Scudder, the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, who also refused.
William Dean Howells refused to publish it, and he sent it to Horace Scudder, the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, who also refused. Cousin Henry and Julia never come to visit, though there is a July fourth party and mother and Nellie do visit.  The protagonist is fascinated by the way moonlight hits the title object, and compares aspects of the title object to fungus.  In the end, she sees behind the pattern the apparition of a woman, and, thinking that she is that woman, tears the title object to escape.  FTP, name this short story about a woman's descent into sedentary madness, written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
William Dean Howells refused to publish it, and he sent it to Horace Scudder, the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, who also refused.
"The Yellow Wallpaper"