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Quotation from The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“John says if I don’t pick up faster he shall send me to Weir Mitchell in the fall.”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (spoken by The narrator)

The Yellow Wallpaper, The Yellow Wallpaper

Portrait of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The story names the real physician whose rest cure Gilman underwent.

Citation: "John says if I don’t pick up faster he shall send me to Weir Mitchell in the fall." — Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper, The Yellow Wallpaper. (id the-yellow-wallpaper-q3)

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

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