The Bell Jar by Sylvia Path

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Path

To the person in the bell jar blank and stopped as a dead baby the world itself is a bad dream.

In the hauntingly beautiful pages ofThe Bell JarSylvia Plath takes us on a gripping journey into the fragile psyche of Esther Greenwood. Set against the backdrop of 1950s America this semiautobiographical novel explores the stifling expectations placed upon women and the suffocating grasp of societal norms. As Esther grapples with her ambitions desires and mental health she finds herself trapped in a metaphorical bell jar--an oppressive glass enclosure that isolates her from the world.

Plath's evocative prose and poignant portrayal of Esther's descent into madness make The Bell Jar a timeless masterpiece that shines a searing light on the complexities of the human psyche and the unrelenting quest for self-identity.

Sylvia Plath was born in 1932 in Massachusetts. She began publishing poems and stories as a teenager and by the time she entered Smith College had won several poetry prizes. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Cambridge, England, and married British poet Ted Hughes in London in 1956. The young couple moved to the States, where Plath became an instructor at Smith College, and had two children. Later, they moved back to England, where Plath continued writing poetry and wrote The Bell Jar, which was first published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas in England in 1963. On February 11, 1963, Plath committed suicide. The Bell Jar was first published under her own name in the United States by Harper & Row in 1971, despite the protests of Plath's family. Plath's Collected Poems, published posthumously in 1981, won the Pulitzer Prize.

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ISBN 13	9789357025997
ISBN 10	9357025995
Title	The Bell Jar
Author	Sylvia Path
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.
Year published	2023-11-05
Number of pages	226
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