The fierce worriment of death and rebirth contributed to her only novel, The Bell Jar, in which she reproduced her private experience of adolescent depression and suicide behavior in this bildungsroman, anonymously.

• 关于死亡和再生的狂热焦虑促成了她此生唯一一部小说《钟罩》(The Bell Jar)，她将自己隐私的青春期精神失常和关于尝试自杀的行为缩影在这部成长小说中。