Recommendations from our site
“Despite its subject matter, The Bell Jar is often a very funny novel. Perhaps we miss it because the pall of Plath’s biography descends across the whole work and reputation. But The Bell Jar is viciously funny. There are people still alive today who won’t talk about it because they were so badly hurt by Plath’s portrayal of them.” Read more...
Tim Kendall, Literary Scholar
“As a teenage girl, you have to read The Bell Jar. It’s a rite of passage.” Read more...
Bryony Gordon, Journalist
