Wide Sargasso Sea
"Jean Rhys's late, literary masterpiece Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and is set in the lush, beguiling landscape of Jamaica in the 1830s. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty. After their marriage the rumours begin, poisoning her husband against her. Caught between his demands and her own precarious sense of belonging, Antoinette is driven towards madness" --
168 pages, 3 editions
English edition · First published 1966 by Penguin Books · ISBN 9780140818031
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Editions
3 editions
English
- Wide Sargasso Sea · Penguin Books · 2001 · ISBN 9780140818031 · 1 reader This page
- Wide Sargasso Sea · Viking · 2011 · ISBN 9780241951552
- Wide Sargasso Sea · Andre Deutsch · 1966 · ISBN 9780233958668
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