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Ok you should know that when I started this I knew very little about Sylvia Plath, her writing or her personal story. I think reading the Bell Jar without all the 'baggage' that comes with knowing too much was a good thing. The story I read was fascinating! I felt as though I were in the story as Esthers companion as she slipped into her dark place. The first third of her story was written like a regular novel, I thought maybe this would be a high class/literary predecessor of Valley of the Doll
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