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by Sylvia Plath, Jeanette Winterson
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Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, children's author, and short story author. Sylvia Plath was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1932 and educated at Smith College and Newham College, Cambridge. There she met the poet Ted Hughs, whom she married in 1956. The couple settled permanently in England, and they had two children, a son and a daughter, before separating in 1962. She suffered from clinical depression for most of her adulthood, and lost her life to it in 1963.

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The Bell Jar is the only novel written by American poet Sylvia Plath. It is an intensely realistic and emotional record of a successful and talented young woman's descent into madness.

How the series evolves

beginning
The Bell Jar
4.2· strong start
finale
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
3.6· sticks the landing
overall
3.9· better in the beginning

Books in this Series

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath
4.2 (69)
1

The Bell Jar is the only novel written by American poet Sylvia Plath. It is an intensely realistic and emotional record of a successful and talented young woman's descent into madness.

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson
3.6 (11)
2

This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts. At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves.