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The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
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Description for The Bell Jar
Paperback. A novel, that was originally published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. It is partially based on the author's own life and descent into mental illness. It presents a portrait of the 1950s society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 194.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571268863
SKU
V9780571268863
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Ref
99-98
About Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) 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); Ariel was published posthumously in 1965. Her Collected Poems, ... Read more
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