A new edition of the classic novel, featuring a foreword by the original Harper & Row editor who reveals the untold story of the book's first publication. Originally published under a pseudonym in England in 1963, shortly after Plath committed suicide, the book was published for the first time under Plath's real name by Harper & Row in 1971, despite the protests of the Plath family. This extraordinary work chronicles the crackup of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, successful-and slowly going under. Largely autobiographical, the novel reveals much about the sources of Plath's own tragedy.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 06/11/2013
ISBN: 9780061148514
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2014 pg. 23

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 8651 / Bell Jar
Reading Level: 7.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11