The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

258 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
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Sylvia Plath's shocking, realistic, and intensely emotional novel about a woman falling into the grip of insanity. Esther Greenwood is brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under—maybe for the last time. In he...

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4.06
based on 139,385 reviews

Moods

dark: 85%

emotional: 67%

reflective: 64%

sad: 61%

challenging: 29%

tense: 21%

funny: 10%

hopeful: 5%

mysterious: 4%

informative: 3%

inspiring: 3%

adventurous: 1%

Pace

13% of readers chose fast
62% of readers chose medium
23% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

1% of readers chose Plot
6% of readers chose A mix
91% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

44% of readers chose Yes
45% of readers chose Complicated
9% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

24% of readers chose Yes
48% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

7% of readers chose Yes
8% of readers chose Complicated
79% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

92% of readers chose Yes
6% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

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