The Bell Jar is the best novel by way of Sylvia Plath, first posted under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas in 1963. Deeply private and hauntingly poetic, the novel gives a powerful exploration of intellectual infection, identity, and the stifling expectancies positioned on girls in mid-20th-century America.<br/><br/>The story follows Esther Greenwood, a talented and bold younger woman who wins a prestigious internship at a New York fashion magazine. While the whole lot round her indicates achievement and glamour, Esther feels increasingly more disconnected and overwhelmed. As she returns domestic and her mental health deteriorates, she starts offevolved to descend into melancholy, in the long run facing hospitalization and electroshock therapy.