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The Bell Jar: A Novel
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HarperCollins 2015
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A realistic and emotional look at a woman battling mental illness and societal pressures written by 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 neurosis 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.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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Street Date:
08/11/2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780062444479
ASIN:
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Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 7.2, 11 Points
Lexile measure:
1050
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Sylvia Plath. (2015). The Bell Jar: A Novel. HarperCollins.

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Sylvia Plath. 2015. The Bell Jar: A Novel. HarperCollins.

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Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2015.

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Sylvia Plath. The Bell Jar: A Novel. HarperCollins, 2015.

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"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 neurosis 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.

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