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The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes compContinue
14 Reviews
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Miss Piggott said on Aug 29, 2007 about the Paperback edition | 2 feedbacks
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fran_ces said on Oct 10, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Ais Quin said on Jan 22, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Se c'è un libro che ha ingannato le mie aspettative, è sicuramente questo. Per fortuna si è rivelato essere molto meglio di quel che pensavo. Non sono un'amante della poesia, e non conosco quella di Sylvia Plath, anche se ho letto i suoi diari quindi so qualcosa della sua vita. La cosa che mi ha stu ... (continue)
ζ Roberta ζ said on May 31, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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The first time I read this book I hated it.
The second time around I understood why. This book speaks of a slithering disease that affects many of us in its silent, shameful way. Back then it whispered to my heart unwanted truths and I refused to listen.
It's a deep journey in the miserable condi ... (continue)Sourcreamandonions said on Jan 9, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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Aforia said on Dec 14, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
Book Details
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- English Books
- Audio CD
- Edition: Unabridged
- ISBN-10: 0060878770
- ISBN-13: 9780060878771
- Publisher: Caedmon
- Pub date: Mar 01, 2006
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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Awful book. I longed to read it for ages, since I read a short passage on my anthology book in my second year at junior high.
Sadly, I have to say this book fully disappointed me, and Esther really irritated me.
I would have wanted to slap her hard in the face for being so dull. At one poi ... (continue)
Awful book. I longed to read it for ages, since I read a short passage on my anthology book in my second year at junior high.
Sadly, I have to say this book fully disappointed me, and Esther really irritated me.
I would have wanted to slap her hard in the face for being so dull. At one point I really hoped for her to succeed in her suicide attempts.
I want to state that I know what depression is, having experienced it myself but, seriously, the character of Esther has no real reason for being depressed.
She is just a spoiled girl who has grown up surrounded by people who continuously tell her how clever she is (although I cannot believe an intelligent person would really get surprised to discover that studying English literature from Beowulf to present days is compulsory to be an English teacher... what a surprise, isn't it?), used to win prizes for her writing...
She does have no father nor much money, but I personally know more than one person in the same situation and I cannot truly believe this to be a state which leads to committing suicide.
I simply hated Esther, although I have to admit S. Plath's prose to be very good.
Hope she wasn't as stupid as her character.
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