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The Bell Jar
《钟形罩》
The Bell Jar is a 1963 novel by American writer Sylvia Plath.
《钟形罩》是美国作家西尔维娅·普拉斯于1963年写的一部小说。
Plath originally published the novel in England using the pen name "Victoria Lucas".
普拉斯最初以“维多利亚·卢卡斯”为笔名在英国出版了这部小说。
The Bell Jar was Plath's only novel, and her journals suggest that it is partially derived from her own life.
《钟形罩》是普拉斯唯一的一部小说，她的日记表明，这部小说部分源于她自己的生活。
The narrator, a young woman named Esther Greenwood, struggles with depression and anxiety, like Plath herself.
书中的叙述者是一位名叫埃丝特·格林伍德的年轻女子，她和普拉斯本人一样，与抑郁和焦虑作斗争。
The title is a metaphor that Esther uses to describe her mental illness - she explains that it feels like being trapped in a bell jar.
这个标题是埃丝特对她的精神疾病的比喻——她解释说，患病的感觉就像被困在钟形罩里。
Soon after the publication of The Bell Jar, Plath died by suicide.
在《钟形罩》出版后不久，普拉斯自杀身亡。
The book was not published under her real name until after her death.
直到她去世后，这本书才用她的真名出版。
It is still studied today.
这本书至今仍受到很多专家研究。
