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Can I read Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar (Bloom's Guides) on EtoBox?

Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar (Bloom's Guides) by Bloom, Harold is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar (Bloom's Guides) about?

In this classic coming-of-age novel set in post-World War II America, Esther Greenwood emerges as a double for author Sylvia Plath. A summer internship at a fashion magazine in New York City reveals only the lack of beauty in the young womans inner life, as Esther succumbs to a pervasive depression that she likens to being trapped beneath the title object, a bell jar, struggling for her next breath. Noted literary scholar Harold Bloom introduces this new title in the Blooms Guides series, which also features an annotated bibliography and a listing of other works by the author.

Who reads Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar (Bloom's Guides)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Bloom, Harold
Publisher
Facts On File, Incorporated
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9781604132038
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Fiction
Rating
3.75 / 5 (12 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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