Fantastic Read: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

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Poet Sylvia Plath is one of America’s greats, synonymous with depression and suicide, but if you only ever read one of her books, please make it The Bell Jar. It is the only novel she ever wrote and it’s brilliant.
For any writers wanting to be published, it's a must-read. Her opening chapter holds you hostage even after the first few pages. In the opening scenes her writing is fresh and contemporary - shame she never lived long enough to discover how truly powerful her talent really is. It was originally published under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas", in 1963 and yet it could be Carrie Bradshaw from Sex in the City, only deeper and a hundred times darker. This novel is semi-autobiographical and only after her suicide, was it published under Sylvia's real name.

Her protagonist in the Bell Jar, Esther Greenwood, lands a scholarship in New York City to work for a prominent magazine (Plath's real-life magazine scholarship was at Mademoiselle magazine). She is exhilarated by the rush of Manhattan, but eventually, struggles to cope with her experiences and becomes frightened and disorientated. She is turned down for a writing course taught by a famous author and decides instead to spend the summer writing a novel, but feels she hasn't enough life experience to write convincingly.

Can you tell that I like it yet? This is such a great read.

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