The bell jar

£14.99

‘The Bell Jar’ is Sylvia Plath’s account of a young woman’s breakdown. Renowned for its intensity and its vivid prose, the novel follows her attempted suicide, hospitilisation and recovery.

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I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo.

Sylvia Plath’s groundbreaking semi-autobiographical 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 testament to the universal human struggle to claim one’s rightful place in the world.

A special illustrated edition – the second book in our collection of illustrated Faber classics.

Additional information

Weight 541 g
Dimensions 23.4 × 15.3 × 2.1 cm
Author

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

268

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

813.54 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J