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Quotation from The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

““I’ve got out at last,” said I, “in spite of you and Jane! And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back!””

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (spoken by The narrator)

The Yellow Wallpaper, The Yellow Wallpaper

Portrait of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Her words to John in the final scene.

Citation: "“I’ve got out at last,” said I, “in spite of you and Jane! And I’ve pulled off most of the paper, so you can’t put me back!”" — Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper, The Yellow Wallpaper. (id the-yellow-wallpaper-q5)

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

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