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Product Identifiers
PublisherFaber & Faber, Incorporated
ISBN-100571200338
ISBN-139780571200337
eBay Product ID (ePID)6038717128
Product Key Features
Book TitleBell Jar
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicPsychological, Contemporary Women, General, Literary
GenreFiction
AuthorSylvia Plath
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight6.7 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width4.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Synopsis'This terse account of an American girl's breakdown and treatment gains its considerable power from an objectivity that is extraordinary considering the nature of the material. Sylvia Plath's attention had the quality of ruthlessness.imagery and rhetoric is disciplined by an unwinking intelligence.' Stephen Wall, Observer The Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath's only novel. Renowned for its intensity and outstandingly vivid prose, it broke existing boundaries between fiction and reality and helped to make Plath an enduring feminist icon. It was published under a pseudonym a few weeks before the author's suicide., I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts, Esther's life begins to slide out of control. She finds herself spiralling into depression and eventually a suicide attempt, as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society which 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 descent into mental illness, 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., The Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath's only novel. Renowned for its intensity and outstandingly vivid prose, it broke existing boundaries between fiction and reality and helped to make Plath an enduring feminist icon. It was published under a pseudonym a few weeks before the author's suicide. 'This terse account of an American girl's breakdown and treatment gains its considerable power from an objectivity that is extraordinary considering the nature of the material. Sylvia Plath's attention had the quality of ruthlessness . . . Imagery and rhetoric is disciplined by an unwinking intelligence.' Observer
