The Bell Jar
Bell Jar, The,novel by Sylvia Plath, published (1963) under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas, and under her own name in 1966. The story is based on the author's own experiences.
Esther Greenwood, a 19-year-old Smith College student, during a summer internship working for a fashion magazine in New York undergoes a series of experiences that leave her unable to cope with competition, professional and personal, and cause her to attempt suicide. Assisted to a private institution by Philomena Guinea, the woman who had provided her college scholarship, she recovers, makes peace with a high-school boyfriend, is liberated by a sexual experience, and returns recovered to college.
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