The Bell Jar: A Novel

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In the UK as of 2002, there were like 12,000 documented like uses of it. I didn't go looking for modern statistics. She actually drew on from a book called the snake pit by Mary Jane Ward. Some of the experiences that she writes about in the Bell jar, uh, she wrote about in her novel "The Bell Jar" Other famous or notable folks to have been at McLean hospital include James Taylor and John Nash.

This week we dive into Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar, a quasi-autobiographical novel about womanhood, depression, and identity. We also discuss the unfortunate circumstances of Plath's early death, country mice moving to big cities, and metaphorical chemistry equipment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.