TEN LITERARY GRAVES

From We Love This Book: Ann Treneman tells the compelling stories behind ten literary graves and where to find them 1. Sylvia Plath (d. 1963) It’s hard to imagine now, but when Sylvia Plath died, having committed suicide after becoming estranged from husband Ted Hughes, she was hardly known. Her novel The Bell Jar had only been out a month and her poetry collection Ariel was only a manuscript. Only eight people attended Plath's funeral. These days, more Plath pilgrims than that visit her grave every day. (St Thomas the Apostle graveyard, Church Street, Heptonstall, West Yorkshire HX7 7NT). MORE >