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The Bell Jar
- Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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The Bell Jar
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Publisher's Summary
READ BY THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ACTRESS MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL
'A modern classic.' Guardian
'A near-perfect work of art.' Joyce Carol Oates
I was supposed to be having the time of my life . . .
Working as an intern for a New York fashion magazine in the summer of 1953, Esther Greenwood is on the brink of her future. Yet she is also on the edge of a darkness that makes her world increasingly unreal. Esther's vision of the world shimmers and shifts: day-to-day living in the sultry city, her crazed men-friends, the hot dinner dances . . .
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath's only novel, is partially based on Plath's own life. It has been celebrated for its darkly funny and razor sharp portrait of 1950s society, and has sold millions of copies worldwide.
ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'
'As clear and readable as it is witty and disturbing.' New York Times Book Review
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-07-19
honest and raw
Loved it. The way she describes her thoughts and feelings is so honest and warms my heart.
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- Akhilesh
- 16-10-22
Too Fresh
To say I've read nothing like this before is an understatement. To say I'm ready to review is a lie. Will come back to it soon.
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- Chandana.J
- 13-03-24
Love her writing
Her honesty or atleast what feels like it in her writing is amazing. living in this world sometimes gets us down and some are for no reasons better or worse keep striving and not every individual can do so. This book is an account of the latter who bares it all out on paper. The narration was good. It feels a bit uneasy reading the book may be because it shakes the ideas we have built in our heads about life or society as we know it.
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- Rishikesh
- 09-08-20
deeply personal
Knowing the Sylvia Plath's background, it is hard to tell where the fiction ends and her own tale begins. This is true for all writing, but window into the author's mind is untinted and raw.
Maggie Gyllenhaal does a great job of the air of novel, although her voice in the soft retrospective passages becomes a little hard to hear. Would grant it 5 star through and through if not for that.
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- Adithya H
- 15-08-23
Raw, sincere, shameless
If you are in a dark place in your life, please do NOT read this book. Wait until you get to a better place.
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- SHREYASI ROY
- 03-03-21
Extraordinary
Quite a different one. The narrator also delivered it really well. loved listening to it.
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- Akshay P
- 30-10-24
Narrator Is soothing and writing style is poetic
Narrator Is soothing and writing style is poetic a thorough ready. Highly recommended and a must read.
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- Nandita
- 30-04-21
This is a whole experience in itself.
I love Plath and watching her life unfold in her own words by a brilliant performance by Maggie Gyllenhaal brought me to tears several times!
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- Smriti
- 28-12-22
Narrated just as well as it was written.
The narration made what could have been a difficult book very engaging to listen to. It was perfectly suited to the writing and sounded natural, not overperformed like some audiobooks can be.
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- Nidhi
- 17-08-23
Great book, great narration
Of course the book is a beautiful, classic. But the narration of Maggie Gyllenhaal is extraordinary. My first audible book completed.
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