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(‘the bell jar’ is the only novel written by the american writer + poet ‘sylvia plath’)
Originally published under the pseudonym “Victoria Lucas” in 1963, the novel is semi-autobiographical, with the names of places and people changed.
The book is often regarded as a roman à clef since the protagonist’s descent into mental illness parallels Plath’s own experiences with what may have been clinical depression.
Plath died by suicide a month after its first UK publication.
The novel was published under Plath’s name for the first time in 1967 and was not published in the United States until 1971, in accordance with the wishes of both Plath’s husband, Ted Hughes, and her mother.
(the novel has been translated into nearly a dozen languages)
(the novel, though dark, is often read in high school English classes)
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(an account of her adventures with the busty blonde southerner kicks off the novel)
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(read it in ‘summer 1998’)
(appropriate for a 13-year-old?)
(while cleaning computers @ valley view)
(one of 4 “required reading” books for freshman ‘communications’)
(“andersonville”)
(“for whom the bell tolls”)
(mostly i started ordering ‘cliffs notes’ en masse)
(“summer reading lists”)
(are children generally honest about having ‘completed’ a book?)
(in exchange for sticker prizes?)
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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