The Snake Pit

by Mary Jane Ward

Book Overview

A 75th anniversary edition of the landmark novel that forever changed the way we think about mental illness and its treatment

Do you hear voices? Virginia Stuart Cunningham, a journalist and novelist with a wicked sense of humor, is sitting on a park bench waiting for her husband when an intrusive stranger begins to pester her with nonsensical questions. Is he mad? Or is she? So begins this brilliant literary exploration of mental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159853680X
• ISBN13: 9781598536805
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

The Snake Pit which Inspired a great movie

The Snake Pit is based on Mary Jane Ward's actual experience in a Women's mental hospital in 1941. It is an amazing look at the horrible circumstances of a woman who had a nervous breakdown. It would be a good book to read after the much shorter Ten Days in a Mad House by Nellie Bly from 1887.