The bell jar

Resource Information

The work The bell jar represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in McCracken County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The bell jar

Statement of responsibility

Sylvia Plath

Creator

• Plath, Sylvia

Author

• Plath, Sylvia

Subject

• Depression in women -- Fiction
• Fashion -- Fiction
• Authors -- Fiction
• Suicide -- Fiction
• Autobiographical fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Autobiographical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

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 pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The novel is partially based on Plath's own life and has become a modern classic. The Bell Jar has been celebrated for its darkly funny and a razor sharp portrait of 1950s society and has sold millions of copies worldwide

Cataloging source

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Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult