The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
riate one when Doctor Nolan appeared from nowhere and touched me on the shoulder.
"All right, Esther."
I rose and followed her to the open door.
Pausing, for a brief breath, on the threshold, I saw the silver-haired doctor who had told me about the rivers and the Pilgrims on my first day, and the pocked, cadaverous face of Miss Huey, and eyes I thought I had recognized over white masks.
The eyes and the faces all turned themselves toward me, and guiding myself by them, as by a magical thread, I stepped into the room.
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SYLVIA PLATH was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932. She graduated from Smith College in 1955 and won a Fulbright Scholarship to Cambridge University. Her books include the poetry collections Ariel, The Colossus, Crossing the Water, Winter Trees, and The Collected Poems, which won the Pulitzer Prize. The Bell Jar is her only novel. She was married to the poet Ted Hughes, and together they had two children. She died in London in 1963.
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ARIEL: THE RESTORED EDITION
* * *
It was upon the publication of this posthumous volume of poetry in the mid-1960s that Sylvia Plath became a household name. This new facsimile edition restores, for the first time, the selection and arrangement of the poems as Plath left them at the point of her death, as well as working drafts of the title poem, numerous author notes, and a foreword by Frieda Hughes, Plath's daughter.
"One of the most devastatingly moving and universally beloved books of poetry published in the twentieth century."
--Time
"It's hard to read the original manuscript without trying to understand what Hughes was thinking when he left out certain poems and included others. She loved him. He hurt her. All of us who love her work are caught like children in that crossfire forever."
--Los Angeles Times
CROSSING THE WATER: TRANSITIONAL POEMS
* * *
First published in 1971, the second posthumous volume of Sylvia Plath's poems includes "Parliament Hill Fields" and many other arresting works.
"Such is Plath's control that the book possesses a singularity and certainty, which should make it as celebrated as The Colossus or Ariel. . . . In this period of Plath's poetry, objects come toward the reader like frightening Greek messengers."
--New Statesman (1971)
THE COLLECTED POEMS
* * *
Containing all the poems that Sylvia Plath wrote after 1956, this is one of the most comprehensive collections of her work. Plath was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems in 1982. The collection is edited, annotated, and introduced by Ted Hughes.
"This book will remind readers that the woman behind the myth was indeed a brilliant writer. The familiar poems retain their wild loveliness through continued rereading. Even the juvenilia show her startling combination of confident, rhythmic voice and energetic despair."
--Library Journal
JOHNNY PANIC AND THE BIBLE OF DREAMS: SHORT STORIES, PROSE, AND DIARY EXCERPTS
* * *
This collection of short stories, essays, and diary excerpts highlights Sylvia Plath's fierce concentration on craft, the vitality of her intelligence, and the yearnings of her imagination. Featuring an introduction by Plath's husband, the late British poet Ted Hughes, these writings also reflect themes and images she would fully realize in her poetry.
"[A]ll the pieces presented here are revealing."
--Margaret Atwood, New York Times (1979)
LETTERS HOME: CORRESPONDENCE, 1950-1963 (selected and edited, with commentary by Aurelia Schober Plath)
* * *
Nearly four hundred of Sylvia Plath's letters comprise this remarkably insightful volume, which spans the poet's life from her freshman year at Smith College to the days approaching her death in London.
"Finally now, young women writers can cease to identify with the apparent self-destroyer in Sylvia Plath and begin to understand the forces she had to reckon with. What comes across in these letters is a survivor who knew that to be a writer means discipline, indefatigable commitment, and passion for hard work."
--Adrienne Rich
THE COLOSSUS AND OTHER POEMS
* * *
This powerful collection, originally published in the United States in 1960, contains some of the best poems ever written by Plath, including "The Beekeeper's Daughter," "The Disquieting Muses," and "I Want, I Want."
WINTER TREES
* * *
First published in the United States in 1972, Winter Trees is one of Plath's most searing collections and contains the radio play "Three Women," which was set in a maternity ward.
THE BED BOOK
* * *
Plath's book for children is a delightful look into beds more fun than the average bed such as a jet-propelled bed, a snack bed, a pocket-size bed, and a bounceable bed.
THE UNABRIDGED JOURNALS OF SYLVIA PLATH (edited by Karen V. Kukil)
* * *
A fascinating and comprehensive transcription of Plath's journals from age eleven to her death at age thirty.
Have You Heard?
THE BELL JAR CD UNABRIDGED
* * *
On CD for the first time, this unabridged edition of Sylvia Plath's classic novel is performed by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
SYLVIA PLATH READS (audio cassette)
* * *
This unique, compelling recording has been heralded as "a significant tribute to and record of the lyric art that Sylvia Plath left to the literary heritage of America" (Booklist).
"Listening to her poetry--full of alliteration and liquid vowel sounds--is something like listening to music."
--Philadelphia Inquirer
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Also by Sylvia Plath
POETRY
The Colossus
Ariel
Crossing the Water: Transitional Poems Winter Trees
The Collected Poems Ariel: The Restored Edition PROSE
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (edited by Karen V. Kukil) LETTERS
Letters Home: Correspondence, 1950-1963
(selected and edited, with commentary by Aurelia Schober Plath) FOR CHILDREN
The Bed Book
The It-Doesn't-Matter Suit Mrs. Cherry's Kitchen
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Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. All characters and events are a product of the author's imagination. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
The quotation on page 16 is from "Sunflower," by Mack David, copyright (c) 1948 by Famous Music Corporation.
The lines on page 105 are from "Wunderbar," by Cole Porter, copyright (c) 1951 by Cole Porter; copyright (c) 1967 by John F. Wharton, Trustee T. B. Harms Co., Selling Agent.
Sylvia Plath's poem "Mad Girl's Lovesong" first appeared in the August 1953 issue of Mademoiselle.
This book was originally published in Great Britain and is fully protected by copyright under the terms of the International Copyright Union.
P.S.TM is a trademark of HarperCollins Publishers.
THE BELL JAR. Copyright (c) 1971 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. Copyright renewed (c) 1998 by Frieda Hughes and Nicholas Hughes. Foreword copyright (c) 1996 by Frances McCullough. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
25th Anniversary edition published 1996.
First Perennial Classics edition published 1999.
First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition published 2005.
First Harper Perennial Modern Classics deluxe edition published 2006.
First Olive Edition published 2009.
Illustrations by Milan Bozic
The Library of Congress has catalogued the 25th Anniversary edition as follows: Plath, Sylvia.
The bell jar / Sylvia Plath; foreword by Frances McCullough; drawings by Sylvia Plath.
p. ill. cm.
ISBN 0-06-017490-0
1. Depression, Mental--Fiction. 2. Women college students--Suicidal behavior--Fiction. 3. Autobiographical fiction. 4. Psychological fiction. I. Title.
PS3566.L27B4 1996b
813'54--dc20
96-211742
EPub Edition July 2015 ISBN 9780062444479
ISBN 978-0-06-184990-9
09 10 11 12 13 OV/RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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"All right, Esther."
I rose and followed her to the open door.
Pausing, for a brief breath, on the threshold, I saw the silver-haired doctor who had told me about the rivers and the Pilgrims on my first day, and the pocked, cadaverous face of Miss Huey, and eyes I thought I had recognized over white masks.
The eyes and the faces all turned themselves toward me, and guiding myself by them, as by a magical thread, I stepped into the room.
P.S. Insights, Interviews & More . . .*
About the author
* * *
Meet Sylvia Plath
Read (and listen) on
* * *
Have You Read?
More by Sylvia Plath
Have You Heard?
About the author
Meet Sylvia Plath
SYLVIA PLATH was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932. She graduated from Smith College in 1955 and won a Fulbright Scholarship to Cambridge University. Her books include the poetry collections Ariel, The Colossus, Crossing the Water, Winter Trees, and The Collected Poems, which won the Pulitzer Prize. The Bell Jar is her only novel. She was married to the poet Ted Hughes, and together they had two children. She died in London in 1963.
Discover great authors, exclusive offers, and more at hc.com.
Read (and listen) on
Have You Read?
More by Sylvia Plath
ARIEL: THE RESTORED EDITION
* * *
It was upon the publication of this posthumous volume of poetry in the mid-1960s that Sylvia Plath became a household name. This new facsimile edition restores, for the first time, the selection and arrangement of the poems as Plath left them at the point of her death, as well as working drafts of the title poem, numerous author notes, and a foreword by Frieda Hughes, Plath's daughter.
"One of the most devastatingly moving and universally beloved books of poetry published in the twentieth century."
--Time
"It's hard to read the original manuscript without trying to understand what Hughes was thinking when he left out certain poems and included others. She loved him. He hurt her. All of us who love her work are caught like children in that crossfire forever."
--Los Angeles Times
CROSSING THE WATER: TRANSITIONAL POEMS
* * *
First published in 1971, the second posthumous volume of Sylvia Plath's poems includes "Parliament Hill Fields" and many other arresting works.
"Such is Plath's control that the book possesses a singularity and certainty, which should make it as celebrated as The Colossus or Ariel. . . . In this period of Plath's poetry, objects come toward the reader like frightening Greek messengers."
--New Statesman (1971)
THE COLLECTED POEMS
* * *
Containing all the poems that Sylvia Plath wrote after 1956, this is one of the most comprehensive collections of her work. Plath was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems in 1982. The collection is edited, annotated, and introduced by Ted Hughes.
"This book will remind readers that the woman behind the myth was indeed a brilliant writer. The familiar poems retain their wild loveliness through continued rereading. Even the juvenilia show her startling combination of confident, rhythmic voice and energetic despair."
--Library Journal
JOHNNY PANIC AND THE BIBLE OF DREAMS: SHORT STORIES, PROSE, AND DIARY EXCERPTS
* * *
This collection of short stories, essays, and diary excerpts highlights Sylvia Plath's fierce concentration on craft, the vitality of her intelligence, and the yearnings of her imagination. Featuring an introduction by Plath's husband, the late British poet Ted Hughes, these writings also reflect themes and images she would fully realize in her poetry.
"[A]ll the pieces presented here are revealing."
--Margaret Atwood, New York Times (1979)
LETTERS HOME: CORRESPONDENCE, 1950-1963 (selected and edited, with commentary by Aurelia Schober Plath)
* * *
Nearly four hundred of Sylvia Plath's letters comprise this remarkably insightful volume, which spans the poet's life from her freshman year at Smith College to the days approaching her death in London.
"Finally now, young women writers can cease to identify with the apparent self-destroyer in Sylvia Plath and begin to understand the forces she had to reckon with. What comes across in these letters is a survivor who knew that to be a writer means discipline, indefatigable commitment, and passion for hard work."
--Adrienne Rich
THE COLOSSUS AND OTHER POEMS
* * *
This powerful collection, originally published in the United States in 1960, contains some of the best poems ever written by Plath, including "The Beekeeper's Daughter," "The Disquieting Muses," and "I Want, I Want."
WINTER TREES
* * *
First published in the United States in 1972, Winter Trees is one of Plath's most searing collections and contains the radio play "Three Women," which was set in a maternity ward.
THE BED BOOK
* * *
Plath's book for children is a delightful look into beds more fun than the average bed such as a jet-propelled bed, a snack bed, a pocket-size bed, and a bounceable bed.
THE UNABRIDGED JOURNALS OF SYLVIA PLATH (edited by Karen V. Kukil)
* * *
A fascinating and comprehensive transcription of Plath's journals from age eleven to her death at age thirty.
Have You Heard?
THE BELL JAR CD UNABRIDGED
* * *
On CD for the first time, this unabridged edition of Sylvia Plath's classic novel is performed by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
SYLVIA PLATH READS (audio cassette)
* * *
This unique, compelling recording has been heralded as "a significant tribute to and record of the lyric art that Sylvia Plath left to the literary heritage of America" (Booklist).
"Listening to her poetry--full of alliteration and liquid vowel sounds--is something like listening to music."
--Philadelphia Inquirer
Discover great authors, exclusive offers, and more at hc.com.
Also by Sylvia Plath
POETRY
The Colossus
Ariel
Crossing the Water: Transitional Poems Winter Trees
The Collected Poems Ariel: The Restored Edition PROSE
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (edited by Karen V. Kukil) LETTERS
Letters Home: Correspondence, 1950-1963
(selected and edited, with commentary by Aurelia Schober Plath) FOR CHILDREN
The Bed Book
The It-Doesn't-Matter Suit Mrs. Cherry's Kitchen
Back Ad
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. All characters and events are a product of the author's imagination. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
The quotation on page 16 is from "Sunflower," by Mack David, copyright (c) 1948 by Famous Music Corporation.
The lines on page 105 are from "Wunderbar," by Cole Porter, copyright (c) 1951 by Cole Porter; copyright (c) 1967 by John F. Wharton, Trustee T. B. Harms Co., Selling Agent.
Sylvia Plath's poem "Mad Girl's Lovesong" first appeared in the August 1953 issue of Mademoiselle.
This book was originally published in Great Britain and is fully protected by copyright under the terms of the International Copyright Union.
P.S.TM is a trademark of HarperCollins Publishers.
THE BELL JAR. Copyright (c) 1971 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. Copyright renewed (c) 1998 by Frieda Hughes and Nicholas Hughes. Foreword copyright (c) 1996 by Frances McCullough. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
25th Anniversary edition published 1996.
First Perennial Classics edition published 1999.
First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition published 2005.
First Harper Perennial Modern Classics deluxe edition published 2006.
First Olive Edition published 2009.
Illustrations by Milan Bozic
The Library of Congress has catalogued the 25th Anniversary edition as follows: Plath, Sylvia.
The bell jar / Sylvia Plath; foreword by Frances McCullough; drawings by Sylvia Plath.
p. ill. cm.
ISBN 0-06-017490-0
1. Depression, Mental--Fiction. 2. Women college students--Suicidal behavior--Fiction. 3. Autobiographical fiction. 4. Psychological fiction. I. Title.
PS3566.L27B4 1996b
813'54--dc20
96-211742
EPub Edition July 2015 ISBN 9780062444479
ISBN 978-0-06-184990-9
09 10 11 12 13 OV/RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
About the Publisher
Australia
HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty. Ltd.
Level 13, 201 Elizabeth Street Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia www.harpercollins.com.au
Canada
HarperCollins Canada 2 Bloor Street East - 20th Floor Toronto, ON M4W 1A8, Canada www.harpercollins.ca
New Zealand
HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand Unit D1, 63 Apollo Drive Rosedale 0632
Auckland, New Zealand www.harpercollins.co.nz
United Kingdom
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF, UK
www.harpercollins.co.uk
United States
HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
195 Broadway
New York, NY 10007
www.harpercollins.com
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