Spark Notes: Bell Jar (Spark Notes) - Softcover

Sylvia Plath

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586634747 ISBN 13: 9781586634742

Publisher: Spark Notes, 2004

Synopsis

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About this title

Review:

Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown beginning during a summer internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The real Plath committed suicide in 1963 and left behind this scathingly sad, honest and perfectly- written book, which remains one of the best-told tales of a woman's descent into insanity.

Review:

"An enchanting book. The author wears her scholarship with grace, and the amazing story she has to tell is recounted with humor and understanding.""-- Atlantic Monthly"

About this edition

• Publisher: Spark Notes
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1586634747
• ISBN 13: 9781586634742
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72