The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes by Janet Malcolm

The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes

Janet Malcolm

228 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction biography poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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From the moment it was first published in The New Yorker, this brilliant work of literary criticism aroused great attention. Janet Malcolm brings her shrewd intelligence to bear on the legend of Sylvia Plath and the wildly productive industry of P...

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informative 90%
reflective 65%
challenging 40%
emotional 30%
dark 25%
sad 10%
tense 10%
adventurous 5%

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fast 19%

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