The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1963) | Book Review
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Genres: American Literature, Fiction, Illness Original Publication Date: Originally published in England under the name Victoria Lucas in 1963, first American edition published in 1971 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Goodreads, Amazon In The Bell Jar, a vulnerable young woman wins a dream assignment on a big-time New York fashion magazine and finds herself plunged into a nightmare. An autobiographical account of Sylvia Plath’s own mental breakdown and suicide attempt, The Bell Jar is more than a confessional novel, it is a comic but painful statement of what happens to a woman’s aspirations in a society that refuses to…
The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 1: 1940-1956, edited by Peter K. Steinberg | Book Review
The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 1: 1940-1956 by Sylvia Plath, Peter K. Steinberg Genres: Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2017 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads A major literary event: the first volume in the definitive, complete collection of the letters of Sylvia Plath—most never before seen. The Letters of Sylvia Plath includes her correspondence from her years at Smith, her summer editorial internship in New York City, her time at Cambridge, her experiences touring Europe, and the early days of her marriage to Ted Hughes in 1956. Most of the letters are previously unseen, including sixteen letters written by Plath to Hughes when they were apart after their honeymoon.…
