![]() ![]() At the time, women were not allowed to have liberal views and their careers were conservative. The Bell Jar details the aspirations of women in the 1950s which is a period where women were confined to very strict roles as per the society’s expectations. The main author of the book, committed suicide after the publication of the novel which took a similar turn as the main character in the novel. The young woman was Esther Greenwood who hailed from Boston, Massachusetts. The novel is a part biography depicting the life and times of a young woman who seemingly had a great life but suffered a mental breakdown but recovered later. In 1966 it was then published under the author’s real names Sylvia Plath. It was first released under a Pseudo author name of Victoria Lucas. The Bell Jar is a novel first published in 1963. ![]()
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