Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
3.9
(1,331 ratings)ClassicsCharacter drivenStrong Character DevelopmentLoveable CharactersNot Diverse CharactersSuicide attemptMental illnessFictionClassicssadCharacter drivenStrong Character DevelopmentLoveable CharactersNot Diverse CharactersClassicsWomenFictiondepressingemotional and challengingsadCharacter drivenWeak Character DevelopmentUnloveable CharactersNot Diverse CharacterssadCharacter drivenStrong Character DevelopmentLoveable CharactersNot Diverse Characterssuicidal thoughts
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About this book
Working in New York one hot summer, Esther Greenwood is on the brink of her future. Yet she is also on the edge of a darkness that makes her world increasingly unreal. In this vivid and unforgettable novel about the struggles of growing up, Esther's world shines through: the wide-eyed country girls, her crazed men-friends, hot dinner dances and nights in New York, and a slow slide into breakdown.
--back cover
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited
- Published
- 1932
- Pages
- 234
- ISBN
- 9780571355068
- Language
- en
About Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, children's author, and short story author. Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932 and educated at Smith College and Newham College, Cambridge. There she met the poet Ted Hughs, whom she married in 1956. The couple settled permanently in England, and they had two children, a son and a daughter, before separating in 1962. She suffered from clinical depression for most of her adulthood, and lost her life to it in 1963.
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