One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels "A coming-of-age masterpiece." --Boston Globe "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 In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, HarperCollins is proud to present this library of American classics drawn from our storied catalog. The Bell Jar is Sylvia Plath's masterwork--an acclaimed and timeless novel about a young woman falling into the grip of mental illness and societal pressures. The story chronicles the breakdown of Esther Greenwood, a bright, beautiful, enormously talented college student coming of age in 1950s America, as she navigates the pressures of society along with her own ambitions. While at a prestigious, competitively won position at a New York City magazine one summer, Esther finds herself struggling with the looming expectations of marriage, motherhood, and giving up on her dreams to achieve them. She becomes increasingly disillusioned and her mental health deteriorates, ultimately leading her to undergo harsh treatment and therapy. "Funny, intense, enormously human" (Cosmopolitan), The Bell Jar is a poignant exploration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche and remains an extraordinary accomplishment from one of the country's most luminous talents.
Sobre o autor(a)
Plath, Sylvia
Sylvia Plath (Boston, 27 de outubro de 1932 — Londres, 11 de fevereiro de 1963) foi uma poeta, romancista e contista norte-americana.
Reconhecida principalmente por sua obra poética, Sylvia Plath escreveu também um romance semi-autobiográfico, Brasil: A Redoma de Vidro /Portugal: A Campânula de Vidro ("The Bell Jar"), sob o pseudônimo Victoria Lucas, com detalhes do histórico de sua luta contra a depressão. Assim como Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath é creditada por dar continuidade ao gênero de poesia confessional, iniciado por Robert Lowell e W. D. Snodgrass |