The Bell Jar
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“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.”
New York Times
Performed by Maggie Gyllenhaal
One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels
"A coming–of–age masterpiece." —Boston Globe
""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
The Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath's masterwork—an acclaimed and timeless novel about a young woman falling into the grip of mental illness and societal pressures.
The story chronicles the breakdown of Esther Greenwood, a bright, beautiful, enormously talented college student coming of age in 1950s America, as she navigates the pressures of society along with her own ambitions. While at a prestigious, competitively won position at a New York City magazine one summer, Esther finds herself struggling with the looming expectations of marriage, motherhood, and giving up on her dreams to achieve them. She becomes increasingly disillusioned and her mental health deteriorates, ultimately leading her to undergo harsh treatment and therapy.
""Funny, intense, enormously human"" (Cosmopolitan), The Bell Jar is a poignant exploration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche and remains an extraordinary accomplishment from one of the country's most luminous talents.
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