An edition of The Bell Jar (1948)

The Bell Jar LP

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An edition of The Bell Jar (1948)

The Bell Jar LP

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  • ★★★★ 4.2 (65 ratings)
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  • 133 Have read

The Bell Jar is the only novel written by American poet Sylvia Plath. It is an intensely realistic and emotional record of a successful and talented young woman's descent into madness.

Publish Date
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Pages
416

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Subjects

women college students summer Classics Literature Psychology Feminism Novel Poetry Mental Health American Adult Fiction Mental Depression Suicidal behavior Mentally ill Psychiatric hospital patients Mental illness Women authors Treatment Women periodical editors College students Suicide Psychological fiction Autobiographical fiction Roman à clef open_syllabus_project Women psychotherapy patients Fiction, psychological American fiction (fictional works by one author) Young women, fiction Students, fiction Children's fiction Depression, mental, fiction Fiction, biographical Fiction, general New york (n.y.), fiction American literature Interns Women's periodicals Electroconvulsive therapy Sexism Depression in women Authors Medicine in Literature

People

Esther Greenwood Buddy Willard Betsy Constantin DeeDee Doctor Gordon Doctor Nolan Dodo Conway

Places

New York City Adirondacks Boston United States Belsize

Times

1953 1950s

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Cover of: The Bell Jar LP
The Bell Jar LP
September 23, 2003, HarperCollins
in English
Cover of: The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
2003, Perennial Classics
Paperback in English - 25th Anniversary Edition, 1st Perennial Classics ed. (25)
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The Bell Jar
2003, HarperLargePrint
Paperback in English - 1st Harper large print ed. (1)
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The Bell Jar
1996, HarperCollins Publishers, Harper
Hardcover in English - 25th anniversary ed.
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The Bell Jar
1981 08, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Bantam Windstone edition 23960-0 (29)
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The Bell Jar
1976-09, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in Spanish - Bantam Edition, 22nd printing
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The Bell Jar
1972 November, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - 13th printing
Cover of: The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
1972 November, Bantam
Mass Market Paperback in English - Bantam edition, 13th printing
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The Bell Jar
1970?, Faber & Faber
Paperback in English - 1st Faber paperbacks edition (16)
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The Bell Jar
1964-01-01, William Heinemann 1964
in English
Cover of: The Bell Jar by Plath, Sylvia Published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (2013) Paperback
The Bell Jar by Plath, Sylvia Published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics (2013) Paperback
1948, Harper Perennial Modern Classics
in English

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Book Details

First Sentence

"It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7278984M
ISBN 10
0060573090
ISBN 13
9780060573096
LibraryThing
1512
Goodreads
907483

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Work ID
OL1865528W

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IT WAS A QUEER, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.
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