The Bell Jar 西尔维娅 普拉斯 ：钟形罩 by Sylvia Plath (Author) 基本信息 Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Faber Faber; Main edition (9 April 2001) Language: English ISBN-10: 0571081789 ISBN-13: 978-0571081783 Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.4 x 1.8 cm 内容简介 Sylvia Plath's groundbreaking semi-autobiographical novel, The Bell Jar, offers an intimate, honest and often wrenching glimpse into mental illness in 1950s America. I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manu*s, Esther's life begins to slide out of control. She finds herself spiralling into depression and eventually a suicide attempt, as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society which refuses to take women's aspirati
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