The Bell Jar
$44.80
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
27 November 2013
Summary
‘I was supposed to be having the time of my life.’
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 a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571308408 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571308406 |
| Author: | Sylvia Plath |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Edition: | Main |
| Release Date: | 27 November 2013 |
| Weight: | 376g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 16mm |
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About The Author
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath (1932-63) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she went to Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship, where she met and later married Ted Hughes. She published one collection of poems in her lifetime, The Colossus (1960), and a novel, The Bell Jar (1963). Her Collected Poems, which contains her poetry written from 1956 until her death, was published in 1981 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
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