The Bell Jar American Classics Edition: A Novel

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels

“It is this perfectly wrought prose and the freshness of Plath’s voice in The Bell Jar that make this book enduring in its appeal.”—USA Today

“As clear and readable as it is witty and disturbing.”—New York Times

Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, a poignant exploration of a young woman’s struggle to navigate modern life and womanhood in mid-century America, is her seminal work and an enduring classic that has proven to be just as relevant today as it was...