r/OldSchoolCool • u/db7112 • Jul 27 '26

1950s Sylvia Plath in happier times, early 1950s

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u/cyclops_overlooks Jul 27 '26

The Bell Jar ❤️

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u/Colinmacus Jul 28 '26

I wrote a much shittier book about feeling like an outsider during my college years. Then I read  The Bell Jar  and thought,  Damn. I should've written this instead.