num_pages: 216
description: Esther Greenwood, a talented and successful writer, finally succumbs to madness when the world around her begins to falter
language: English
title: Bell Jar
titlecomplete: Bell Jar
characters: Joan Gilling, Esther Greenwood, Buddy Willard
genres: Fiction, Poetry, Mental Health, Psychology, Literature, Feminism, Classics, Novels, Mental Illness, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 882418
places: New York (State), The United States of America, New York City, New York, Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts
publisher: Bantam