id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1730 The Bell Jar - Wikipedia .html text/html 4188 430 72 The Bell Jar First edition cover, published under Sylvia Plath's pseudonym, "Victoria Lucas". The Bell Jar is the only novel written by the American writer and poet Sylvia Plath. Parallels between Plath's life and the novel[edit] Janet McCann links Plath's search for feminine independence with a self-described neurotic psychology.[22] Plath's husband has at one point insinuated that The Bell Jar might have been written as a response to many years of electroshock treatment and the scars it left.[23] The Bell Jar received "warily positive reviews".[22] The short time span between the publication of the book and Plath's suicide resulted in "few innocent readings" of the novel.[6] On November 5, 2019, the BBC News listed The Bell Jar on its list of the 100 most inspiring novels.[24] "Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar: Critical Reception". "The Separative Self in Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar" (PDF). "Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar", Salon, October 5, 2000 ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1730.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1730.txt