The bell jar / Sylvia Plath ; foreword by Frances McCullough ; P.S. Biographical Note by Lois Ames ; drawings by Sylvia Plath.

Plath, Sylvia, (author,, artist.). Ames, Lois, (writer of biographical note.). McCullough, Fran, 1939- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

[This book] 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 completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made [this book] a haunting American classic.

Record details

ISBN: 9780061148514
ISBN: 0061148512
ISBN: 0060837020
ISBN: 9780060837020
ISBN: 9781451725391
ISBN: 1451725396
ISBN: 0329485016
ISBN: 9780329485016
ISBN: 0329576100
ISBN: 9780329576103
ISBN: 9780756980054
ISBN: 0756980054
ISBN: 9781435249035
ISBN: 1435249038
Physical Description: xvii, 244 pages, 22 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Edition: 1st Harper Perennial edition
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 2005.
Copyright: ©1996

Content descriptions

General Note:	"25th anniversary edition published 1996"--Title page verso. Includes P.S. Insights, Interviews & More ... at the end of the book. It includes a biographical information about the author by Lois Ames. Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1963. Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
Target Audience Note:	1050L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.2 11 8651.