Sylvia Plath
1) The bell jar
Author
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Esther Greenwood wins an internship, she is elated, believing she will finally realize her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts, her life begins to slide out of control. She finds herself spiraling into depression and eventually a suicide attempt, as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society which refuses to take women's aspirations seriously.
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 211 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Sylvia Plath's famous collection, as she intended it.
When Sylvia Plath died, she not only left behind a prolific life but also her unpublished literary masterpiece, Ariel. When her husband, Ted Hughes, first brought this collection to life, it garnered worldwide acclaim, though it wasn't the draft Sylvia had wanted her readers to see. This facsimile edition restores, for the first time, Plath's original manuscript-including handwritten notes-and...
9) The bed book
Author
Pub. Date
1976
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
[2nd ed.].
Physical Desc
xiv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 3 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Collects works by forty-seven important poets, arranged chronologically by birth order from Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to Sylvia Plath, and includes biographies, essays by accomplished contemporary poets, and CD recordings of each featured poet reading his or her own works.