The Bell Jar

About this book

The Bell Jar is a classic of American literature. Originally published under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" in 1963--only a month before the authors suicide--Sylvia Plaths harrowing autobiographical novel traces a young womans descent into an emotional breakdown. The brilliant and disturbing story of Esther Greenwoods journey from the glamorous world of magazine publishing in New York to the isolating world of the asylum has become one of the most famous books of the late twentieth century and still has all its power to shock and move us.