Making sense vs The Bell Jar: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Making sense Making sense Margot Northey · 1987 ★★★★☆ 4.1 268 pages · ≈ 4 h 58 m · Moderate

With more than 25 years on the market, Making Sense in the Social Sciences: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing is entering its fifth edition. This volume is intended for undergraduate students in any social…

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Cover of The Bell Jar The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath · 1948 ★★★★☆ 4.4 272 pages · ≈ 5 h 02 m · Demanding
“It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.”

The Bell Jar is the only novel written by American poet Sylvia Plath. It is an intensely realistic and emotional record of a successful and talented young woman's descent into madness.

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Goodreads 4.1 (2310) —
Google Books — 4.5 (2)
Apple Books — 4.5 (555)

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Ratings 2310 555
Editions 18 177
Film adaptations — 1
Wikipedia attention 1958 63950
Pages 268 272

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