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Novel · 1963

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

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Novel · 1963 · American · Contemporary

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

Esther Greenwood's New York summer and its collapse.

BildungsromanAutofictionDepressionAmbitionGender

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The fig-tree passage remains the plainest image ever written for paralysis by possibility.

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