Let Them Be: "Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 1: 1940-1956" by Sylvia Plath

Letters of Sylvia Plath: Volume 1 - Sylvia Plath, Karen Kukil, Peter K. Steinberg


“My biggest trouble is that people look at me and think that no serious trouble has ever troubled my little head. They seldom realize the chaos that seethes behind my exterior. As for the who Am I, what am I angle...that will preoccupy me till the day I die.”


In "Letters of Sylvia Plath, Volume 1: 1940-1956" by Sylvia Plath



Prior to the publication of the second volume in October 2018, I finally finished reading this mammoth of a book. And I didn't feel too good reading it for reasons too complex to delve into here. I'm not sure I'm up to the task of tackling the 2nd volume to be honest. It's rather depressing reading. That's why it took me almost two months...

 

 

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