Tuesday 25 January 2011

The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar (1963) ★★★★★


The Bell Jar is American writer and poet Sylvia Plath's only novel. The novel is semi-autobiographical with the names of places and people changed. The book is often regarded as a roman à clef, with the protagonist's descent into mental illness paralleling Plath's own experiences with what may have been either bipolar disorder or clinical depression. Plath committed suicide a month after its first UK publication.

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