Liberty fabric covered editions bring classics from the Faber backlist together with important modern titles, putting them in conversation and celebrating both the history and the future of Faber & Faber. Sylvia Plath's groundbreaking semi-autobiographical novel offers an intimate, honest and often wrenching glimpse into mental illness. The Bell Jar broke the boundaries between fiction and reality and helped cement Sylvia Plath's place as an enduring feminist icon. Celebrated for its darkly humorous, razor sharp portrait of ...
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Liberty fabric covered editions bring classics from the Faber backlist together with important modern titles, putting them in conversation and celebrating both the history and the future of Faber & Faber. Sylvia Plath's groundbreaking semi-autobiographical novel offers an intimate, honest and often wrenching glimpse into mental illness. The Bell Jar broke the boundaries between fiction and reality and helped cement Sylvia Plath's place as an enduring feminist icon. Celebrated for its darkly humorous, razor sharp portrait of 1950s society, it continues to resonate with readers today as testament to the universal human struggle to claim one's rightful place in the world. In 2019, Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar will be reissued as a special hardback edition with a Liberty fabric from the year of the novel's first publication (1963); Milkman, winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize, will be reissued with a bespoke Liberty fabric cover, created uniquely for Anna Burns. ABOUT THE FABRIC Originally inspired by an impression sheet from Liberty's print works at Merton Abbey. First produced in 1961, this low-colour geometric design features abstract broken lines which almost create a subtle and wavy camouflage effect.
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Add this copy of Bell Jar to cart. $5.17, fair condition, Sold by Gulf Coast Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Memphis, TN, UNITED STATES, published 1983 by Bantam.
Add this copy of The Bell Jar to cart. $5.49, fair condition, Sold by St. Vinnie's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eugene, OR, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Harper Perennial.
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Add this copy of The Bell Jar to cart. $5.99, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Diamond rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Faber Faber Inc.
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Add this copy of The Bell Jar to cart. $5.99, very good condition, Sold by HPB Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Faber Faber Inc.
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Add this copy of The bell jar to cart. $6.00, fair condition, Sold by Sarah's Books & Media, Etc. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Davenport, IA, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Harper & Row.
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Fair. No dust jacket. Hardcover 1971 Book Club edition has moderate shelfwear with no writing in it, and dust jacket is missing if it had one. 311 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
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Very good. Very good. non-smoking home. Clean, tight binding, no marks, or tears. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade.
A great read--I highly recommend it. Classics never die.
The Pageturner
Oct 28, 2009
Character Trapped in Societal Asylum
The main character of this novel reminds me of the main character in "The Stranger", except that she has emotions. The book reveals society's insanity in trying to create a cookie cutter generation of females. The surrounding character's expectations of Esther Greenwood lead to her nervous breakdown and attempted suicide. The book is not intense, but it will keep your interest until the end.
cassandra
Apr 24, 2008
nothing really special
It was okay. A little mundane. It did keep my attention and completion of the story. Quite depressing and a little confusing at times.
cathiesblogg
Oct 19, 2007
A haunting mental breakdown
I purchased this book after reading Sylvia Plath's life journals and poetry. I was really surprised of how much a perfectionist that she really was. Her brilliant but sensitive mind was unique. She did not handle rejection well and seemed to really have a hard time fitting in at certain times. "very still and very empty" is the way the narrator described herself. It shows the more "real" life of the high fashion and society life. Could benefit teenagers that are considering this life style to read this book.. I recommend reading this book highly!..expecially if you are a Sylvia Plath fan..
Sali
Aug 9, 2007
The Book and the Tragedy
I read the Bell Jar more than thirty years ago. I read it before I knew the real, followup tragedy of Sylvia Plath. The Bell Jar gives a vivid picture of the artificiality of glamour in the fashion world and shows the conflict of values and self-esteem through the perceptions of young girl. In the book, the girl is named Esther, but she is Sylvia Plath's alter-ego. Esther has been an achiever and has won countless prizes for her talents, but in reality she is a fragile, unsure young woman. The book deals with her negativity and self-contempt..It deals with her attempt at suicide and her struggle with mental illness. In the book she has recovered. But Sylvia Plath made a second attempt at suicide a few years later. She succeeded this time.
