Beautiful Commemorative Hardback To Celebrate 60 Years Of Faber Publishing Sylvia Plath's Classic Novel, The Bell Jar, Charting A Young Woman's Descent Into Mental Illness In 1950s America.one Of The Bbc's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World''a Modern Classic.' Guardian'a Near-perfect Work Of Art.' Joyce Carol Oatesi 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 Manuscripts, 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 Aspirations Seriously.the Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath's Only Novel, Was Originally Published In 1963 Under The Pseudonym Victoria Lucas.