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ClareR (6067 KP) rated The Woman in the Wallpaper in Books

Oct 14, 2025  
The Woman in the Wallpaper
The Woman in the Wallpaper
Lora Jones | 2025 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The Woman in the Wallpaper by Lora Jones is set around the time of the French Revolution.

Sofie and Lara Thibault, along with their mother, move from Marseille to work in a wallpaper factory near Paris after he violent death of their father. The Oberst factory provides them all with a job and Josef Oberst becomes friends with the sisters.

A marriage and the Revolution see an end to the friendship.

I loved all the historical details around the Revolution, what it was like to work in a wallpaper factory, and the differences between the workers and the aristocracy. I could feel the tension radiating off the page, building to its incendiary, and very sad conclusion. I thought the character- and world-building were excellent, and I even felt some sympathy for the awful, aristo wife of Josef.

It’s a fabulous addition to stories set during the French Revolution.