There are many possible lives we could live but the use of Plath’s fig analogy to explore this idea is not quite right.

The Bell Jar is a classic that inspires so much more joy that its reputation lets on. Yes, it is an unflinching look at mental illness. But it ends with hope, not despair.

SYLVIA Plath’s The Bell Jar has gone down in history as a novel that was light-years ahead of its time. The only novel written by the troubled poet before her untimely death in 1963, The Bel… ...

Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar is a masterpiece — and one of my favorite books. The novel, loosely based on Plath's own life, is about Esther Greenwood, whose descent into mental illness ...

To mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, writer Kirsty Grocott, who was once unhealthily obsessed with the troubled author’s work, re-reads the seminal book.

As reported by Deadline on Wednesday, a film adaptation of Plath's The Bell Jar is officially happening, and Esther Greenwood's story is being helmed by a surprising Hollywood star.

And although Dunst’s “The Bell Jar” will be her feature directorial debut, it won’t mark her first turn behind the camera — she’s already got two shorts, “Welcome” and “Bastard ...

The best books, like Sylvia Plath’s 1963 depression chronicle The Bell Jar, are totally immersive, submerging you in an unfamiliar world until it starts to feel like home. To take this ...