Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom

By Sylvia Plath,

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“[Plath’s] story is stirring, in sneaky, unexpected ways. . . . Look carefully and there’s a new angle here — on how, and why, we read Plath today.”— Parul Sehgal, New York Times

Never before published, this newly discovered story by literary legend Sylvia Plath stands on its own and…

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1 author picked Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The sheer simplicity and elegance found within Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom by Sylvia Plath is unmatched.

The reader is taken on a journey to the ninth kingdom; however, whether or not we truly make it there is up to the reader. What is the ninth kingdom? How do we get there? What does it mean to go to the ninth kingdom? Are we all headed there? If so, can we escape such a fate? 

My answers to all of these questions and more differ with time. That is why this short work fascinates me.

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