Sylvia Plath’s copy of The Portable James Joyce, ed. by Harry Levin. New York: The Viking Press, 1955. Plath considered writing her honors thesis at Smith on James Joyce, and this heavily annotated copy bears witness to the depth of her involvement. It is open to “A Painful Case,” one of the stories from Dubliners.

Sylvia Plath’s copy of The Portable James Joyce, ed. by Harry Levin. New York: The Viking Press, 1955. Plath considered writing her honors thesis at Smith on James Joyce, and this heavily annotated copy bears witness to the depth of her involvement. It is open to “A Painful Case,” one of the stories from Dubliners.

| Feb 5, 2011