The Bell Jar
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780571226160
Copyright date: 1963
Subjects: Modern fiction; Fiction
First sentence: IT WAS A QUEER, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.
Description: Working in New York one hot summer, Esther Greenwood is on the brink of her future. Yet she is also on the edge of a darkness that makes her world increasingly unreal. In this vivid and unforgettable novel about the struggles of growing up, Esther's world shines through: the wide-eyed country girls, her crazed men-friends, hot dinner dances and nights in New York, and a slow slide into breakdown.
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Notes: UK edition