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Book overview ... A realistic and emotional novel about a woman battling mental illness and societal pressures written by the iconic American writer Sylvia Plath.
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The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar

Novel by Sylvia Plath
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The Bell Jar is the only novel written by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath. Originally published under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" in 1963, the novel is supposedly semi-autobiographical with the names of places and people changed. Wikipedia
Originally published: January 14, 1963
Author: Sylvia Plath
Genres: Novel, Autobiography, Autobiographical novel, and more
Narrator: Esther Greenwood
Pages: 244
Text: The Bell Jar online

Esther Greenwood, a college student from Massachusetts, travels to New York to work on a magazine for a month as a guest editor. She works for Jay Cee, ...
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As the horrors beneath the idealized 1950s come about, a successful young woman finds herself having a serious mental breakdown when she returns to New ...
The story depicts a young woman's summer in New York working for a Mademoiselle-like magazine, returning home to New England, and having a mental breakdown amid ...
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A realistic and emotional novel about a woman battling mental illness and societal pressures written by the iconic American writer Sylvia Plath.
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It is a semi-autobiographical work that explores themes of mental health, identity, and societal pressures. Set in the 1950s, the story follows Esther Greenwood ...
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A beautifully designed Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition of this haunting American classic: a realistic and emotional novel about a woman battling mental illness ...