The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar

By:
Sylvia Plath
Age Level:
YA
Genre:
Fiction, Poetry
Published:
1963
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 A realistic and emotional novel about a woman battling mental illness and societal pressures written by the iconic American writer Sylvia Plath.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. 

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ISBN 9780061148514

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