Ariel was first published in 1965, it contains many of Sylvia Plath's best-known poems, written in an extraordinary burst of creativity just before her death in 1963, including poems such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Edge', 'Daddy' and 'Paralytic'…
Ariel was first published in 1965, it contains many of Sylvia Plath's best-known poems, written in an extraordinary burst of creativity just before her death in 1963, including poems such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Edge', 'Daddy' and 'Paralytic'…
Sylvia Plath is a major cultural icon who continues to inspire new generations of female readers.
Working as an intern for a New York fashion magazine in the summer of 1953, Esther Greenwood is on the brink of her future. Yet she is also on the edge of a darkness that makes her world increasingly unreal. Esther's vision of the world shimmers and shifts: day-to-day living in the sultry city, her crazed men-friends, the hot dinner dances . . .
The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath's only novel, is partially based on Plath's own life. It has been celebrated for its darkly funny and razor sharp portrait of 1950s society, and has sold millions of copies worldwide.
Sylvia Plath was one of the defining voices of the twentieth century, and one of the most appealing: few other poets have introduced as many new readers to poetry. The poems in this fresh and inviting edition were chosen by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
