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Since her infamous suicide at age thirty, Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) has been celebrated for her impeccable and ruthless poetry, which excels at describing the most extreme reaches of human consciousness and passions. The bestselling autobiographical novel The Bell Jar illuminated her life for... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Sylvia Plath: Add a description of this character.
- Eliot
- Ted Hughes
- Morris
- Otto
- Smith
- Dick
- Gordon
- Warren
- Eddie
- Alvarez
- Prouty
- Sassoon
- Frieda
- Aurelia
- Faber
- Ariel
- Harper
- Nicholas
- John
- Murphy
- Heinemann
- Crockett
- Anderson
- Marcia
- Peter Davison
- Sexton
- Sy Ma
- Edwin
- Bruce
- Dido
- Dylan Thomas
- David
- Jane
- Hamish
- Jones
- Lowell
- Myers
- Philip
- Nancy
- Roethke
- Knopf
- Susan
Setting & Locations edit
- London Magazine
- Wellesley
- New England
- America
- Cambridge
- Boston
- New Yorker
- Northampton
- Paris
- Devon
- Ilo
- Ireland
- Manhattan
- Massachusetts
- Atlantic Monthly
- Whitstead
- Benidorm
- Fitzroy Road
- Chicago
- Germany
- Exeter
- Europe
- Winthrop
- Yaddo
- Rain
- Harvard
- Spain
- St. Botolph
- North Tawton
- Lawrence
- Hugheses
- Court Green
- Chalcot Square
- Heptonstall
- The Bell Jar
- The Hawk
- New Haven
- United States
- France
- Munich
- The Belmont
- Japan
- Italy
- Brookline
- Jamaica Plain
- New York City
First Sentence edit
The landscape surrounding the country house in Devon lay dead, silent-typical for this hour of the early morning.
Table of Contents edit
Preface
The Blue Hour
Otto and Aurelia
Wellesley
Full Fathom Five
Doom of Exiles
Abroad
Fixed Stars
England
The Bitter Season
Edge
A Posthumous Life
Notes
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Paul Alexander (Author)
- Alexander Paul (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0670818127
Page Count: 416
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0670818127
Page Count: 416
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 920
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Poetry › 20th Century
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › People, A-Z › ( P ) › Plath, Sylvia
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Single Authors › United States
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Anthologies
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Authors
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism
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