A Conversation for Sylvia Plath (1932 - 1963)

The Bell Jar

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Lucky Llareggub - no more cannibals in our village, we ate the last one yesterday..

I've just read The Bell Jar which I found almost unputdownable. The last line about 'stepping into the room' is highly significant in the context of the novel. It finishes in exactly the right place. I will read the book again very soon. It's a wonderful, tragic, heartfelt, artistic creation.
Her death is a sad loss to the world of literature. But it was inevitable.


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