The Bell Jar by Plath, Sylvia

One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels

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.

"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 an enduring classic.

Author: Sylvia Plath
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/11/2013
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780061148514

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.2
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 8651 / Bell Jar


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2014 pg. 23