The Bell Jar
By Sylvia Plath
- Release Date: 2015-08-11
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
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.
Reviews
This is crap
1By kjellburgWhy does the girl have to be so depressed like why not just go crap out the depression. When I finished this piece of crap book I was so disappointed that the girl didn’t crap then Eat the crap out of the toilet then through it up and Eat it again and have diarrhea then put it into a smoothie and make their two year old child drink it. Also this book is way over priced I had to pay freaking $20A Classic Take on Depression
5By NasiccaA brutally honest following of one woman’s spiral into depression.Couldn’t finish it
2By jannyreadsI pushed myself halfway through it and gave up. Sophomoric writing, unbelievable and unrelatable characters, and a plot that seemed to go nowhere.The Bell Jar
4By Shortie8907I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I finished it in one day. It kept my attention and the details were so intense I could feel the summer heat and feel myself spiraling downward into madness with her. Very well written.
