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Beautiful hardback commemorative edition to celebrate the 50th year of publication.
Beautiful hardback commemorative edition to celebrate the 50th year of publication of Sylvia Plath's dark, perceptive, and groundbreaking novel, The Bell Jar, about a young woman's descent into mental illness in 1950s America.
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'I was supposed to be having the time of my life.'
When Esther Greenwood wins an internship at a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream of becoming a writer. However, amidst the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts, Esther's life begins to slide out of control. She finds herself spiralling into depression and eventually makes a suicide attempt, as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society that refuses to take women's aspirations seriously.
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath's only novel, was originally published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The novel is partially based on Plath's own life and has become a modern classic. The Bell Jar has been celebrated for its darkly funny and razor-sharp portrait of 1950s society and has sold millions of copies worldwide.
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is often praised for its honest and poignant exploration of mental illness and identity crisis. Reviews highlight Plath's poetic prose and the deeply personal nature of the narrative, which resonates with readers due to its emotional depth and raw depiction of psychological struggles. Critics laud the novel for its timeless relevance and its ability to capture the complexities of the protagonist's mind.
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ISBN: 9780571308408
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 07 November 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 376g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Sylvia Plath (1932-63) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she went to Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship, where she met and later married Ted Hughes. She published one collection of poems in her lifetime, The Colossus (1960), and a novel, The Bell Jar (1963). Her Collected Poems, which contains her poetry written from 1956 until her death, was published in 1981 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
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