{"product_id":"2940170068234","title":"Mary Ventura and The Ninth Kingdom: A Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis newly discovered story by literary legend Sylvia Plath stands on its own and is remarkable for its symbolic, allegorical approach to a young woman¿s rebellion against convention and forceful taking of control of her own life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten while Sylvia Plath was a student at Smith College in 1952, \u003ci\u003eMary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young woman¿s fateful train journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLips the color of blood, the sun an unprecedented orange, train wheels that sound like ¿guilt, and guilt, and guilt¿: These are just some of the things Mary Ventura begins to notice on her journey to the ninth kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e¿But what is the ninth kingdom?¿ she asks a kind-seeming lady in her carriage. ¿It is the kingdom of the frozen will¿, comes the reply. ¿There is no going back.¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSylvia Plath¿s strange, dark tale of female agency and independence, written not long after she herself left home, grapples with mortality in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098210779376,"sku":"2940170068234","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170068234_p0.jpg?v=1763701176","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170068234","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}