The Perks of Being a
Wallflower is a coming-of-age
epistolary novel written by
American novelist Stephen
Chbosky. It was published
on February 1, 1999 by MTV .
The story is narrated by an
introspective teenager who
goes by the alias of "Charlie."
He describes various life
experiences through a series
of letters to an anonymous
stranger. In 2012, Chbosky,
acting as director, adapted the
novel into a film, which starred
Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller , and
Emma Watson.
Set in the early 1990s, the
story follows Charlie through
his freshman year of high
school in a Pittsburgh suburb.
Charlie is the eponymous
wallflower of the novel.
Intelligent beyond his years,
he is an unconventional
thinker; yet, as the story
begins, Charlie is also shy and
unpopular.
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