![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar an enduring classic. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esthers breakdown with such intensity that Esthers neurosis bes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. 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. ![]() It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plaths voice in The Bell Jar that make this book enduring in its appeal. Book Synopsis A beautifully designed Harper Perennial Deluxe Edition of this haunting American classic: a realistic and emotional novel about a woman battling mental illness and societal pressures written by the iconic American writer Sylvia Plath. About the Book This extraordinary work-echoing Plaths own experiences as a rising writer/editor in the early 1950s-chronicles the nervous breakdown of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, successful, but slowly going under, and maybe for the last time. ![]()
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