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courtenaywrites's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
I’ve adored Plath for well over ten years, and these letters provide so much context to some of her work. Sylvia’s sheer honesty in these letters is to be admired. It is of tragic proportions that her life could go from gold to copper in such a short amount of time.
kouw's review against another edition
I feel you can’t give stars to someone’s personal correspondence - it was a bit of a rollercoaster. As I assume her life was.
susannes_pagesofcrime's review
5.0
These letters are such a powerful way to gain an insight into the life of Sylvia Plath. Her voice remains strong to this day and it is so sad that it was lost to us so abruptly. I will miss hearing from her after spending time with her for most days over a period of two months reading this book.
soavezefiretto's review against another edition
5.0
"Now the babies are crying and I must take them to tea."
I cannot possibly review this, it was just too wonderful and unbearably sad. All I can say is that I am so sorry this infuriating, deep, kind, strong, curious, loving person had to go so soon, and so sadly.
I cannot possibly review this, it was just too wonderful and unbearably sad. All I can say is that I am so sorry this infuriating, deep, kind, strong, curious, loving person had to go so soon, and so sadly.
lnatal's review against another edition
4.0
From BBC Radio 4 - Book of the week:
A poignant, powerful autobiography in letters. Sylvia Plath's letters give us a privileged insight into her inner world, as a poet and as a person. This selection offers a fresh perspective on her as a writer as well as some stunning personal revelations.
This collection of the letters of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet cover the years 1956 and her marriage to the poet Ted Hughes to the final days leading to her death in 1963.
One of the most talented and beloved poets, Sylvia Plath continues to fascinate and inspire . The tragedy of her untimely death at age thirty, almost fifty-five years ago, has left much unknown about her creative and personal life. In this remarkable selection of correspondence , the full range of Plath’s ambitions, talents, fears, and inner world is revealed in her own powerful words.
The Letters of Sylvia Plath are read by Lydia Wilson and produced in Salford by Susan Roberts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00019m3
A poignant, powerful autobiography in letters. Sylvia Plath's letters give us a privileged insight into her inner world, as a poet and as a person. This selection offers a fresh perspective on her as a writer as well as some stunning personal revelations.
This collection of the letters of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet cover the years 1956 and her marriage to the poet Ted Hughes to the final days leading to her death in 1963.
One of the most talented and beloved poets, Sylvia Plath continues to fascinate and inspire . The tragedy of her untimely death at age thirty, almost fifty-five years ago, has left much unknown about her creative and personal life. In this remarkable selection of correspondence , the full range of Plath’s ambitions, talents, fears, and inner world is revealed in her own powerful words.
The Letters of Sylvia Plath are read by Lydia Wilson and produced in Salford by Susan Roberts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00019m3
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