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Ever since 1963, Sylvia Plath's brutal novel about mental disintegration, suicide and female oppression came with covers that looked like this...
Until this month that is, when the publishers Faber decided to spruce things up a bit
What better way to widen the appeal of a rather depressing novel than with some primary colours, fun fonts and a picture of a pretty girl doing pretty girl things - right?
Instead, lots of people - particularly women - found The Bell Jar's new 'chick-lit' make over just a tiny bit patronising...
And so the internet cracked its knuckles, opened its copy of Photoshop and got down to doing what it does best
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