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The Bell Jar
- Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Read by the critically acclaimed actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
When Esther Greenwood wins an internship at 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 aspirations seriously.
Sylvia Plath's groundbreaking semiautobiographical novel offers an intimate, honest and often wrenching glimpse into mental illness. The Bell Jar broke the boundaries between fiction and reality and helped cement Sylvia Plath's place as an enduring feminist icon. Celebrated for its darkly humorous, razor-sharp portrait of 1950s society, it continues to resonate with readers today as a testament to the universal human struggle to claim one's rightful place in the world.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-07-19
honest and raw
Loved it. The way she describes her thoughts and feelings is so honest and warms my heart.
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- SHREYASI ROY
- 03-03-21
Extraordinary
Quite a different one. The narrator also delivered it really well. loved listening to it.
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- Akhilesh
- 16-10-22
Too Fresh
To say I've read nothing like this before is an understatement. To say I'm ready to review is a lie. Will come back to it soon.
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- Chandana.J
- 13-03-24
Love her writing
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.
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- Rishikesh
- 09-08-20
deeply personal
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.
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- Adithya H
- 15-08-23
Raw, sincere, shameless
If you are in a dark place in your life, please do NOT read this book. Wait until you get to a better place.
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- Nandita
- 30-04-21
This is a whole experience in itself.
I love Plath and watching her life unfold in her own words by a brilliant performance by Maggie Gyllenhaal brought me to tears several times!
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- Smriti
- 28-12-22
Narrated just as well as it was written.
The narration made what could have been a difficult book very engaging to listen to. It was perfectly suited to the writing and sounded natural, not overperformed like some audiobooks can be.
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- Nidhi
- 17-08-23
Great book, great narration
Of course the book is a beautiful, classic. But the narration of Maggie Gyllenhaal is extraordinary. My first audible book completed.
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- NightSpire
- 10-10-22
Not for me
The story was very convoluted, and triggering. What tied it together for me was the last chapter where real life events from Sylvia's life were told (as an extension of Esther's ending). This was so hard to read/listen to. I was horrified more than once.
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