{"product_id":"the-bell-jar-9780060174903","title":"The Bell Jar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Special Hardcover Edition to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Publication of Sylvia Plath's Remarkable Novel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath's voice in \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/em\u003e that make this book enduring in its appeal.\" -- \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe shocking, realistic, and intensely emotional novel about a woman \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ebattling mental illness and societal pressures written by iconic American writer Sylvia Plath.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under--maybe for the last time. In her acclaimed and enduring masterwork, Sylvia Plath brilliantly draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that her neurosis becomes palpably real, even rational--as accessible an experience as going to the movies. A deep penetration into the darkest and most harrowing corners of the human psyche, \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary accomplishment and a haunting American classic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlath, Sylvia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSylvia Plath was born in 1932 in Massachusetts. Her books include the poetry collections \u003cem\u003eThe Colossus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCrossing the Water\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWinter Trees\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAriel\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize. A complete and uncut facsimile edition of \u003cem\u003eAriel\u003c\/em\u003e was published in 2004 with her original selection and arrangement of poems. She was married to the poet Ted Hughes, with whom she had a daughter, Frieda, and a son, Nicholas. She died in London in 1963.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50592258687250,"sku":"9780060174903","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_36ee49e7-3291-41c7-90c1-d4bb5354238b.jpg?v=1732101854","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bell-jar-9780060174903","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}