TY - BOOK AU - Plath,Sylvia TI - The bell jar SN - 9780571268863 (paperback) AV - PZ4.P717 U1 - 813.54 22 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Faber and Faber KW - Fashion KW - Fiction KW - Depression in women KW - Writers KW - Suicide KW - American fiction KW - 20th century KW - Depression, Mental KW - Women college students KW - Suicidal behavior KW - fast KW - New York KW - Studentin KW - Selbstmordversuch KW - Geschichte 1953 KW - Belletristische Darstellung KW - Autobiographical fiction N1 - First published: 1963 N2 - I was supposed to be having the time of my life. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship on a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts, Esther's life begins to slide out of control. She finds herself spiralling into depression and eventually a suicide attempt, as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society which refuses to take women's aspirations seriously ER -