The Bell Jar
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glade1
of McLeansville, North Carolina USA on 10/20/2016
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glade1 of McLeansville, North Carolina USA on 10/20/2016 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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A friend passed this one along to me after reading it. Description from Amazon:
The Bell Jar is a classic of American literature. Originally published under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" in 1963--only a month before the author's suicide--Sylvia Plath's harrowing autobiographical novel traces a young woman's descent into an emotional breakdown. The brilliant and disturbing story of Esther Greenwood's 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.
The Bell Jar is a classic of American literature. Originally published under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" in 1963--only a month before the author's suicide--Sylvia Plath's harrowing autobiographical novel traces a young woman's descent into an emotional breakdown. The brilliant and disturbing story of Esther Greenwood's 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.
This book was well written and an easy read. The character is pretty progressive for the 1950s and there are some good descriptions of what it feels like to have depression. I have had depression for years, though I have never been suicidal. Sometimes I wanted to shake Esther and say, look how good you have it! She was young, she had a scholarship, friends, a boyfriend (she didn't want him, but still, guys liked her), someone to pay her way into a good hospital, etc. Why would you want to commit suicide? But that's the problem with depression. You can't see all the good in your life. All you can see is the bad. And you want out. I don't think this book would be as popular if the author had not committed suicide shortly after its publication, but it is an interesting look into depression.
Journal Entry 3 by glade1 at Little Free Library on Sunset in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Saturday, July 25, 2020
glade1 at Little Free Library on Sunset in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Saturday, July 25, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (7/24/2020 UTC) at Little Free Library on Sunset in Greensboro, North Carolina USA
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