The bell jar

by Sylvia Plath

Paperback, 1971

Collection

Status

Available

Description

Classic Literature. Fiction. Literature. HTML: A realistic and emotional look at a woman who falls into the grips of insanity written by the iconic American writer Sylvia Plath "It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath's voice in The Bell Jar that make this book enduring in its appeal." �?? USA Today The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under�??maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's neuroses become completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic… (more)

Publication

New York : Bantam Books, 1981, c1971

ISBN

0553278355 / 9780553278354

Pages

216

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1963-01-14
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