Bibliograph

The bell jar, Sylvia Plath ; foreword by Frances McCullough ; P.S. biographical note by Lois Ames ; drawings by Sylvia Plath

Type

Label

The bell jar, Sylvia Plath ; foreword by Frances McCullough ; P.S. biographical note by Lois Ames ; drawings by Sylvia Plath

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The bell jar

Oclc number

61486461

Responsibility statement

Sylvia Plath ; foreword by Frances McCullough ; P.S. biographical note by Lois Ames ; drawings by Sylvia Plath

Summary

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 insanity becomes 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

Target audience

adolescent

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