| List of Illustrations | vii |
| Preface | ix |
| Publisher's Note | xi |
| The Journals of Sylvia Plath | |
| Journal July 1950 - July 1953 | 3 |
| Wellesley, Massachusetts | 8 |
| Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (first year) | 23 |
| Wellesley & Swampscott, Massachusetts (summer 1951) | 62 |
| Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (sophomore) | 97 |
| Wellesley & Cape Cod, Massachusetts (summer 1952) | 108 |
| Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (junior) | 149 |
| Wellesley, Massachusetts (summer 1953) | 185 |
| Journal 22 November 1955 - 18 April 1956 | 189 |
| Newnham College, Cambridge, England | 191 |
| Journal 15 July 1956 | 237 |
| Benidorm, Spain (honeymoon) | 239 |
| Journal 22 July 1956 - 26 August 1956 | 245 |
| Benidorm, Spain | 247 |
| 'Sketchbook of a Spanish Summer' | 261 |
| Journal 3 January 1957 - 11 March 1957 | 265 |
| Cambridge, England | 267 |
| 'Fish and Chip Shop' | 276 |
| Journal 15 July 1957 - 21 August 1957 | 281 |
| Cape Cod, Massachusetts | 283 |
| Journal 28 August 1957 - 14 October 1958 | 299 |
| Northampton, Massachusetts | 301 |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 417 |
| Journal 12 December 1958 - 15 November 1959 | 427 |
| Boston, Massachusetts (therapy notes) | 429 |
| Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York | 501 |
| Appendices | |
1 | Journal Fragment 17-19 October 1951, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts | 533 |
2 | Back to School Commandments | 538 |
3 | Journal Fragments 24 March 1953 - 9 Arpril 1953 | 539 |
4 | Journal Fragment 19 June 1953, Mademoiselle, New York, New York | 541 |
5 | Letter June - July 1953, Wellesley, Massachusetts | 543 |
6 | Journal Fragment 31 December 1955 - 1 January 1956, Nice, France (winter vacation) | 547 |
7 | Journal 26 March 1956 - 5 April 1956, Paris, France (spring vacation) | 552 |
8 | Journal Fragment 1 April 1956 | 569 |
9 | Journal Fragment 16 April 1956 | 570 |
10 | Journal 26 June 1956 - 6 March 1961 | 571 |
| 'The Inmate', London, England, 1961 | 599 |
11 | Journal June 1957 - June 1960 | 609 |
12 | Letter 1 October 1957 | 618 |
13 | Journal Fragment 5 November 1957 | 622 |
14 | Hospital Notes | 624 |
15 | Journal 1962, North Tawton, Devonshire, England | 630 |
| Notes | 675 |
| Acknowledgments | 705 |
| Index | 707 |