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The Bell Jar
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HarperAudio 2016
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure:
1050L
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Description

A realistic and emotional look at a woman who falls into the grips of insanity written by the iconic American writer Sylvia Plath

"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 chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's neuroses become completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.

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Format:
OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen
Edition:
Unabridged
Street Date:
02/02/2016
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780060886646
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 7.2, 11 Points
Lexile measure:
1050
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APA Citation (style guide)

Sylvia Plath. (2016). The Bell Jar. Unabridged HarperAudio.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Sylvia Plath. 2016. The Bell Jar. HarperAudio.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar. HarperAudio, 2016.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Sylvia Plath. The Bell Jar. Unabridged HarperAudio, 2016.

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"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 chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's neuroses become completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made The Bell Jar a haunting American classic.

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