The Bell Jar

'A literary rite of passage.' The Times 'Plath changed our world.' Guardian Esther is supposed to be having the time of her life. Her internship at a fashion magazine is a whirl of cocktail parties and dinner dates in the shimmering city. But why doesn't she feel anything? Back home in the suburbs, she is trapped inside a suffocating bell jar . She can't write her novel; her boyfriend is a hypocrite; there seems no point in getting out of bed. As she spirals into darkness, her world becomes increasingly unreal ... An unflinchingly honest portrait of a young woman's breakdown, Sylvia Plath's iconic The Bell Jar has transformed the lives of millions of readers since it was first published in 1963. Its witty, acidic, razor-sharp voice will stay with you forever. READ IN AN AUDIOBOOK EDITION BY MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' Reader responses: 'Plath's masterpiece . . . It's amazing how relevant this book still is.' 'I just couldn't put it down.' 'Ever better than I expected.'

Esther Greenwood burde være overlykkelig, da hun får en eftertragtet praktikplads hos et modemagasin i 1950'ernes New York. Som hun står der på dørtærskelen til at opfylde drømmen om at blive en forfatter, begynder livet og fremtiden dog at glide ud af hænderne på hende. Kvalt af cocktailpartyer, manuskriptbunker og samfundets manglende respekt for hendes aspirationer ryger Esther i "The Bell Jar" længere og længere ud i en altoverdøvende depression. "The Bell Jar" bliver med god grund anset for at være en af de mest indflydelsesrige og bemærkelsesværdige romanklassikere fra nyere tid. Sylvia Plaths verdensberømte roman fra 1963 er delvist baseret på Plaths eget liv og egne psykiske problemer.

'A literary rite of passage.' The Times 'Plath changed our world.' Guardian Esther is supposed to be having the time of her life. Her internship at a fashion magazine is a whirl of cocktail parties and dinner dates in the shimmering city. But why doesn't she feel anything? Back home in the suburbs, she is trapped inside a suffocating bell jar . She can't write her novel; her boyfriend is a hypocrite; there seems no point in getting out of bed. As she spirals into darkness, her world becomes increasingly unreal ... An unflinchingly honest portrait of a young woman's breakdown, Sylvia Plath's iconic The Bell Jar has transformed the lives of millions of readers since it was first published in 1963. Its witty, acidic, razor-sharp voice will stay with you forever. READ IN AN AUDIOBOOK EDITION BY MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD' Reader responses: 'Plath's masterpiece . . . It's amazing how relevant this book still is.' 'I just couldn't put it down.' 'Ever better than I expected.'

Esther Greenwood burde være overlykkelig, da hun får en eftertragtet praktikplads hos et modemagasin i 1950'ernes New York. Som hun står der på dørtærskelen til at opfylde drømmen om at blive en forfatter, begynder livet og fremtiden dog at glide ud af hænderne på hende. Kvalt af cocktailpartyer, manuskriptbunker og samfundets manglende respekt for hendes aspirationer ryger Esther i "The Bell Jar" længere og længere ud i en altoverdøvende depression. "The Bell Jar" bliver med god grund anset for at være en af de mest indflydelsesrige og bemærkelsesværdige romanklassikere fra nyere tid. Sylvia Plaths verdensberømte roman fra 1963 er delvist baseret på Plaths eget liv og egne psykiske problemer.

"It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath's voice in The Bell Jar that make this book enduring in its appeal."-- USA Today "As clear and readable as it is witty and disturbing."-- New York Times Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar , a poignant exploration of a young woman's struggle to navigate modern life and womanhood in mid-century America, is her seminal work and an enduring classic that has proven to be just as relevant today as it was when originally published in 1963. Esther Greenwood--brilliant, beautiful, and enormously talented--is about to embark on what should be the most exciting season of her life: a summer spent in New York City, interning for a magazine. But even though the life that is unfurling before her is everything she wants, she feels apart from it, unable to live in her life the way the other girls staying at the women's hotel seem able to do. And the further apart she feels from the noise and color of life around her, especially after she returns home to Massachusetts, the more she begins to collapse in on herself, slowly slipping farther and farther beneath the waves of her despair as treatment after treatment proves ineffectual. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's mind with such intensity that her breakdown feels visceral and real, one that makes the early days of her recovery feel even more fragile. Plath's exploration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.

Da Ester Greenwood vinder en praktikplads på et modemagasin i New York i 1953 er hun begejstret! Hun tror, at hendes drømme om at blive forfatter endelig kan realiseres, men kan ikke forudse, at alting er ved at køre af sporet. "The Bell Jar” er en roman af Sylvia Plath med pseudonymet Victoria Lucas, der handler om Esther. Hun finder sig selv mellem cocktail parties og bunker af manuskripter, og opdager først alt for sent, at hendes liv er ude af kontrol. Hun er deprimeret, selvmordstruet og må kæmpe med svære kærlighedsforhold og et samfund, der nægter at tage kvinder med ambitioner alvorligt. "The Bell Jar” blev udgivet for første gang i 1963 og er inspireret af forfatterens eget liv.

Da Ester Greenwood vinder en praktikplads på et modemagasin i New York i 1953 er hun begejstret! Hun tror, at hendes drømme om at blive forfatter endelig kan realiseres, men kan ikke forudse, at alting er ved at køre af sporet. "The Bell Jar” er en roman af Sylvia Plath med pseudonymet Victoria Lucas, der handler om Esther. Hun finder sig selv mellem cocktail parties og bunker af manuskripter, og opdager først alt for sent, at hendes liv er ude af kontrol. Hun er deprimeret, selvmordstruet og må kæmpe med svære kærlighedsforhold og et samfund, der nægter at tage kvinder med ambitioner alvorligt. "The Bell Jar” blev udgivet for første gang i 1963 og er inspireret af forfatterens eget liv.

One of our hand-picked classics that no home should be without, now with Beya Rebaï's beautifully atmospheric artwork. I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo. Sylvia Plath's groundbreaking semi-autobiographical novel offers an intimate, honest and often wrenching glimpse into mental illness. The Bell Jar broke the boundaries between fiction and reality and helped cement Sylvia Plath's place as an enduring feminist icon. Celebrated for its darkly humorous, razor sharp portrait of 1950s society, it continues to resonate with readers today as testament to the universal human struggle to claim one's rightful place in the world. Part of a select range of illustrated 'rite of passage reads' from Faber, which includes: The Great Gatsby , Nineteen Eighty-Four, A Room with a View and Maurice .

One of our hand-picked classics that no home should be without, now with Beya Rebaï's beautifully atmospheric artwork. I felt very still and empty, the way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the surrounding hullabaloo. Sylvia Plath's groundbreaking semi-autobiographical novel offers an intimate, honest and often wrenching glimpse into mental illness. The Bell Jar broke the boundaries between fiction and reality and helped cement Sylvia Plath's place as an enduring feminist icon. Celebrated for its darkly humorous, razor sharp portrait of 1950s society, it continues to resonate with readers today as testament to the universal human struggle to claim one's rightful place in the world. Part of a select range of illustrated 'rite of passage reads' from Faber, which includes: The Great Gatsby , Nineteen Eighty-Four, A Room with a View and Maurice .