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The Bell Jar

Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 50,788 Ratings and 4,080 Reviews

Book Description
Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown beginning during a summer internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The real Plath committed suicide in 1963 and left behind this scathingly sad, honest and perfectly-written book, which remai... More
Book Information
PublisherBantam Books for Young Readers
BindingMass Market Paperback (124 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-100553239600
ISBN-13978-0553239607
Publication Date09/1981
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12/31/2010 Dot Marie tagged as: I read

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6/28/2009 Rachel Mallory said: This book makes the reader feel like maybe it is ok to be a little insane once ans a while. Beautifully written.
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6/27/2008 Holly Cupala tagged as: I recommend

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6/26/2008 Kerry McCaskill tagged as: I recommend, I read

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8/28/2007 Susan Mitchell tagged as: I Read

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