Listen to The Bell Jar

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Such deep penetration into the shadowed and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a lingering American classic. (back cover)n The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: sharp, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under — maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath skillfully draws the reader into Esther’s breakdown with such intensity that Esther’s insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies.

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