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Title: The Bell Jar : A Novel by Sylvia Plath ISBN: 0-06-093018-7 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.54 (342 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: EXCELLENT
Comment: Personally, I could relate to this book in so many ways. I could understand the frustration that Esther felt as she struggled to deal with the pressures of society despite her own feelings of inadequancy. After an attempt of suicide, she is placed in a hospital where she is isolated from the norms of society. While there, she learns that she does indeed have inner strengths and the ability to cope. She emerges from the hospital ready to face the world head on.
This book brings even more meaning with the knowledge that the author, Sylvia Plath, dealt with many of the same issues in her own life. It has been speculated that she wrote this book more as an autobiography rather than a work of fiction because of the many similarities. But tragically, rather than gaining courage and strength, Sylvia Plath committed suicide not long after this book was published. It's almost as if this book was her cry for help, a plea that went unanswered.
Rating: 5
Summary: Sylvia Plath at her Best
Comment: Before reading "The Bell Jar," I read "Ariel," Plath's collection of poems that really address the climax of her depression with such great poems like "Daddy" and "Lady Lazarus." But it was only after I read "The Bell Jar," that I truly appreciated Plath's genius and sophistication as a writer. One of the reasons Plath was such a genius was her command of the English language. "The Bell Jar" does not read like a novel, but more like prose, which made the book a quick read.
"The Bell Jar" tells the story of Ester Greenwood, a young woman interning at a woman's magazine in New York City. The reader fully witnesses Ester's decent into depression and her institutionalization in a mental hospital. Like her poetry, "The Bell Jar" is semi - autobiographical and very emotional. Plath also leaves the ending of the novel ambiguous, I do not want to give the ending away but I will say this, do not expect any sort of resolution.
All in all, I would recommend this book to Plath fans and those who appreciate a clever, wonderfully written piece of literature.
Rating: 5
Summary: So what the heck is a bell jar?
Comment: The Bell Jar is, what is consider, one of Sylvia Plath's greatest works. Plath wrote this novel as a biographical fiction. Sylvia Plath took the main events during a certain part of her life and changed the names and characters. This novel eloquently describes Plath's downward spiral to depression in, what some criticas call, a Salinger mood. The themes in this novel vary from Esther Greenwood, the main character, dealing with the loss of her virginity to her hatred of the domestic role that women of her time were forced to play. I really enjoyed this book because it was real. It is interesting to know that the insane events that occur in the novel actually happened to the author. I would recommend this book to anyone that has an open mind to read about suicide, sex, and electroshock therepy. Read and enjoy!
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Title: Ariel : Perennial Classics Edition by Sylvia Plath ISBN: 0060931728 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Karen V. Kukil, Sylvia Plath ISBN: 0385720254 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 17 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Collected Poems Reissue by Sylvia Plath ISBN: 0060909005 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 25 December, 1981 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America: A Memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel ISBN: 1573225126 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Birthday Letters : Poems by Ted Hughes ISBN: 0374525811 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 30 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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