Esther Greenwood is at college and is fighting two battles, one against her own desire for perfection in all things – grades, boyfriend, looks, career – and the other against remorseless mental illness. As her depression deepens she finds herself encased in it, bell-jarred away from the rest of the world. This is the story of her journey back into reality. Highly readable, witty and disturbing, The Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath’s only novel and was originally published under a pseudonym in 1963. What it has to say about what women expect of themselves, and what society expects of women, is as sharply relevant today as it has always been.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 234
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Publication date: 02/06/2005
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
Review by Bel
I’ve recently re-read this modern, coming-of-age classic and was just as awe struck the second time. You won’t regret reading the original Sally Rooney. A modern classic that’s still completely relevant!
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