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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 809
EAN: 9781586634742
Edition: Study Guide
ISBN: 1586634747
Label: SparkNotes
Manufacturer: SparkNotes
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 72
Publication Date: July 15, 2002
Publisher: SparkNotes
Studio: SparkNotes
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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 remains one of the best-told tales of a woman's descent into insanity.
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They took money out of my account, and NEVER sent me the book. I ordered in Mid-november and it is now December. I ordered the book as a christmas present and They never delievered me the book. THEY STOLE MY MONEY and Didn't give me anything in return.
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How did I go 34 years without picking up and reading this gem? I'll tell you...It is not included on any public school reading list that I have ever seen and every college literature course that I took (just for fun) never examined Sylvia Plath's writing. Instead I had the misfortune of several lit. courses that focused on less talented modern poets/writers.
In 1963, this book would have been shocking. The main theme is mental disturbia, suicide, losing virginity, (an all out attack on the quiet suburban status quo.)
As I read this book with the jaded perspective of a modern day American citizen, I couldn't shake the overwhelming feeling of innocence this 40 year old story emits.
This book is like a three year old child attempting to shock her parents with something "provocative" but falling short of the parental outrage so desired and ending up with parental amusement.
It is only a sign of the times. In 1963 this story of Esther ... Read More
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I thought the beginning was excellent; I really liked the first paragraph. Very tight writing, but then it started to falter. I know it's due to the emotional unraveling of Esther, but it just fell apart for me. Still worth reading.
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As many other reviewers have stated, this book is filled with poetry. When I finished reading the last line, I flipped right to the first page and re-read it. I have only done that a few times in my life (most recently with "The Terror" by Dan Simmons). In High School I was required to Read "Catcher in the Rye" several times. Never once was this book even suggested. I have always enjoyed CITR, and have read it many times both for pleasure and requirement. I had heard of Plath, but had no idea that she wrote such a book. I only recently heard about it from my Mental-Floss mag. I am so glad that I read it, a classic, a gem!
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Sylvia Plath has in many circles been something of the poster child for modern nihilism, almost to the point of a cultural in-joke (see Fight Club), but the first thing I was struck with was how witty and humorous The Bell Jar starts. For example, this passage:
"I'd discovered, after a lot of extreme apprehension about what spoons to use, that if you do something incorrect at table with a certain arrogance, as if you knew perfectly well you were doing it properly, you can get away with it and nobody will think you are bad mannered or poorly brought up. They will think you are original and very witty."
Second, it didn't take long to figure out how much modern "chick lit" owes to Plath. Before shopaholics and Prada-wearing Devils, Plath had already been there and done that, all the way down to the poor girl working in the NYC fashion magazine angle.
Third, I was touched by the humanity that Plath brings to some tricky subjects: coming of age, sexuality, ... Read More
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