Bell Jar

A modern classic.` Guardian `A near-perfect work of art.` Joyce Carol Oates I was supposed to be having the time of my life . . . Working as an intern for a New York fashion magazine in the summer of 1953, Esther Greenwood is on the brink of her future. Yet she is also on the edge of a darkness that makes her world increasingly unreal. Esther`s vision of the world shimmers and shifts: day-to-day living in the sultry city, her crazed men-friends, the hot dinner dances . . . The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath`s only novel, is partially based on Plath`s own life. It has been celebrated for its darkly funny and razor sharp portrait of 1950s society, and has sold millions of copies worldwide. ONE OF THE BBC`S `100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD` `As clear and readable as it is witty and disturbing.` New York Times Book Review Reader responses: `Very readable, often darkly funny, and feels fresh.` `Plath`s masterpiece . . . It`s amazing how relevant this book still is.` `So enthralling . . . So thought provoking, so vivid, that it`s thoroughly engrossing.` `I just couldn`t put it down.` `Ever better than I expected.` `Plath`s underrated humour shines through this startling account of 1950s `normality`.`