Letters by Jean Rhys

Letters by Jean Rhys

In her will, novelist Jean Rhys expressed a wish that no biography of her should be written unless authorized during her lifetime. Following her death, her literary executor decided that, by compiling a volume of letters, authentic biographical information would be provided.

Jean Rhys was born in Dominica in 1894. Coming to England aged 16, she drifted into various jobs before starting to write in the late 1920's. Her novels, often portraying women as underdogs out to exploit their sexualities, were ahead of their timeand only modestly successful. Partly autobiographical, VOYAGE IN THE DARK was first published in 1934. From 1939 she lived reclusively, and was largely forgotten when she made a sensational comeback with 'Wide Sargasso Sea' in 1966. She died in 1979.

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ISBN 13	9780140189063
ISBN 10	0140189068
Title	Letters
Author	Jean Rhys
Series	Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	1995-05-25
Number of pages	320
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