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        The Bell Jar


        setting

        New York City, mental hospital

        time

        1960s

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1963

        page count

        288

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Esther Greenwood, Dr. Nolan

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)