A Special Hardcover Edition toCommemorate the Fiftieth Anniversaryof the Publication ofSylvia Plath's Remarkable NovelSylvia Plath 'ssh ocking , realisti c, andintensel y em oti onal novelabout a woman falling intothe grip of insanityEsther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful,enormously talented, and successful,but slowly going under—maybefor the last time. In her acclaimed and enduringmasterwork, Sylvia Plath brilliantlydraws the reader into Esther's breakdownwith such intensity that her insanity becomespalpably real, even rational—as accessible anexperience as going to the movies. A deeppenetration into the darkest and most harrowingcorners of the human psyche, The BellJar is an extraordinary accomplishment and ahaunting American classic.