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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (2003, Unabridged, Audio Cassette) 
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (2003, Unabridged, Audio Cassette)

 
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (2003, Unabridged, Audio Cassette)

Author: Sylvia Plath
Publisher: Harperaudio
Publication Date: 2003-10-01
Language: English
Format: Audio
ISBN-10: 006056945X
ISBN-13: 9780060569457
Product ID: EPID2382592
Description: Plath's only novel, published shortly before her suicide, THE BELL JAR tells the story, based on the author's own experiences, about a young woman's descent into madness. Esther Greenwood spends a month in New York City as a guest magazi...
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Synopsis
Plath's only novel, published shortly before her suicide, THE BELL JAR tells the story, based on the author's own experiences, about a young woman's descent into madness. Esther Greenwood spends a month in New York City as a guest magazine editor--just as Plath did as a Mademoiselle magazine intern--and gradually loses her grip on reality. THE BELL JAR was so autobiographical that, when it was first published in 1963 in England, it appeared under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas.

Details
Publication Date:2003-10-01
Narrated by:Maggie Gyllenhaal
Edition Description:Unabridged

Size
Height:6.0 in
Width:4.0 in
Thickness:2.5 in
Weight:9.6 oz

Publisher's Note

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 insanity 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 a haunting American classic.



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      the most striking, haunting book i've ever read.
    Review created: 07/18/06
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    5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

    It's hard to not be obsessed by this book. It's alot of psychology...thinly veiled autobiography. the honesty is what got me. It's hard to admit that you have psychological disorders...let alone write, in detail about trying to kill yourself and your obsessions. THe main character, Esther, is a great medium to learn about Plath. Her writing is impeccable and when I first read it, I wished she had lived to write more prose. It's a beautiful and stunning piece of work. Just as pleasing to hear and read as her poetry. If you like emotional work, if you can handle raw hate and despair, you need to read this. It changed my writing style. If you're a writer, you REALLY need to read this.


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