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The anniversary of sylvia plaths death is today, and to commemorate we are sharing an exclusive extended excerpt of her beloved novel the bell jar in audio, narrated by maggie gyllenhaal. Sylvia plath masterfully draws the reader into esthers breakdown with such intensity that the insanity becomes real and even rational. Available as an audio book for the first time in the uk on 160715 from canongate faber audio. Maggie gyllenhaal stars in the critically acclaimed series the honourable woman, a fastpaced spy thriller set in the world of intelligence and politics. For women, sexuality is divorced from any expression of love or passion. However, this audio edition was a great way to reacquaint myself with the bell jar, and i really enjoyed maggie gyllenhaal s narration of the story. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. The bell jar chronicles the crackup of esther greenwood. The book is made all the more distressing by the fact the main character of esther seems so obviously plath herself. Maggie gyllenhaal filmography and movies american actress maggie gyllenhaal made her film debut with the 1992 british mysterydrama film waterland. If maggie gyllenhaals boobs descend any lower, shes going to be ambulating on her own nipples. The roaring twenties the jazz age belle epoque, 20s fashion, fashion. At the outset of the novel, amidst the first signs of esthers developing. She came to fame as colead vocalist of the bluesrock group stone the crows, and was described as the uks closest counterpart to american singer janis joplin.
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