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Quotation from The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“Personally, I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good.”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (spoken by The narrator)

The Yellow Wallpaper, The Yellow Wallpaper

Portrait of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

She disagrees, privately, with the doctors who have forbidden her to work.

Citation: "Personally, I believe that congenial work, with excitement and change, would do me good." — Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper, The Yellow Wallpaper. (id the-yellow-wallpaper-q2)

Portrait: Charlotte Perkins Gilman c. 1900, Charles Fletcher Lummis (attributed), Public domain.

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