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Cover of “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath · 1963

288 pages

Esther Greenwood wins a magazine internship in New York, but the city and the pressure of her bright future leave her feeling hollow. Back home, her mind begins to slip and she is drawn toward a darkness she cannot name, even as she tries to recover.

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Coming of Age, Outcast Hero, Melancholic, Asylum

Content warnings: suicide, self-harm

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