{"product_id":"the-bell-jar-a-novel-isbn-9780060174903","title":"The Bell Jar: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e’s Great American Novels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A coming\u003c\/strong\u003e–\u003cstrong\u003eof\u003c\/strong\u003e–\u003cstrong\u003eage masterpiece.” —\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath's voice in \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Jar \u003c\/em\u003ethat make this book enduring in its appeal.\"\u003cem\u003e —USA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSylvia Plath’s masterwork—an acclaimed and enduring novel about a young woman falling into the grip of mental illness and societal pressures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsther Greenwood is a bright, beautiful, enormously talented young woman, but she's slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws the reader into Esther’s breakdown with such intensity that her neurosis becomes palpably real, even rational—as accessible an experience as going to the movies. A deep penetration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche,\u003cem\u003e The Bell Jar\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary accomplishment and a haunting American classic.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eA Special Hardcover Edition to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Publication of Sylvia Plath's Remarkable Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSylvia Plath's shocking, realistic, and intensely emotional novel about a woman falling into the grip of insanity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. In her acclaimed and enduring masterwork, Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that her insanity becomes palpably real, even rational—as accessible an experience as going to the movies. A deep penetration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche, \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary accomplishment and a haunting American classic.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"An enchanting book. The author wears her scholarship with grace, and the amazing story she has to tell is recounted with humor and understanding.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath's voice in \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/em\u003e that make this book enduring in its appeal.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Esther Greenwood's account of her years in the bell jar is as clear and readable as it is witty and disturbing. . . . [This] is not a potboiler, nor a series of ungrateful caricatures: it is literature.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The first-person narrative fixes us there, in the doctor's office, in the asylum, in the madness, with no reassuring vacations when we can keep company with the sane and listen to their lectures.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888733319397,"sku":"NP9780060174903","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060174903.jpg?v=1730229721","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-bell-jar-a-novel-isbn-9780060174903","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}