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The Bell Jar

Written by: Sylvia Plath
Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
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'A literary rite of passage.' The Times
'Plath changed our world.' Guardian

Esther is supposed to be having the time of her life. Her internship at a fashion magazine is a whirl of cocktail parties and dinner dates in the shimmering city. But why doesn't she feel anything? Back home in the suburbs, she is trapped inside a suffocating bell jar . She can't write her novel; her boyfriend is a hypocrite; there seems no point in getting out of bed. As she spirals into darkness, her world becomes increasingly unreal ...

An unflinchingly honest portrait of a young woman's breakdown, Sylvia Plath's iconic The Bell Jar has transformed the lives of millions of readers since it was first published in 1963. Its witty, acidic, razor-sharp voice will stay with you forever.

ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'

Reader responses:
'Plath's masterpiece . . . It's amazing how relevant this book still is.'
'I just couldn't put it down.'
'Ever better than I expected.'

©2015 Sylvia Plath (P)2015 Faber & Faber Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
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Knowing the Sylvia Plath's background, it is hard to tell where the fiction ends and her own tale begins. This is true for all writing, but window into the author's mind is untinted and raw.
Maggie Gyllenhaal does a great job of the air of novel, although her voice in the soft retrospective passages becomes a little hard to hear. Would grant it 5 star through and through if not for that.

deeply personal

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Narrator Is soothing and writing style is poetic a thorough ready. Highly recommended and a must read.

Narrator Is soothing and writing style is poetic

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Having listened to it at the lowest in my life, my days filled with never-ending doom as I perused/listened through the facets of Esther's story. This book neither restored hope nor helped me cope. It is scary, sad, and a huge turmoil.

Do not read this if you're psychologically unwell

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Her honesty or atleast what feels like it in her writing is amazing. living in this world sometimes gets us down and some are for no reasons better or worse keep striving and not every individual can do so. This book is an account of the latter who bares it all out on paper. The narration was good. It feels a bit uneasy reading the book may be because it shakes the ideas we have built in our heads about life or society as we know it.

Love her writing

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Loved it. The way she describes her thoughts and feelings is so honest and warms my heart.

honest and raw

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