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The Bell Jar

1963 novel by Sylvia Plath

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    • For the 1979 film, see The Bell Jar (film).

    First edition cover, published under Sylvia Plath's pseudonym, "Victoria Lucas".

    AuthorSylvia Plath
    LanguageEnglish
    GenreRoman à clef
    PublisherHeinemann

    Publication date

    		14 January 1963 (1963-01-14)[1]
    Publication placeUnited States
    Media typePrint
    Pages244
    TextThe Bell Jar online

    The Bell Jar is the only novel written by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath.

    Originally published under the pseudonym "Victoria Lucas" in 1963, the novel is supposedly semi-autobiographical with the names of places and people changed. The book is often regarded as a roman à clef because the protagonist's descent into mental illness parallels Plath's experiences with what may have been clinical depression or bipolar II disorder.

    Plath died by suicide a month after its first Uni