Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon the publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of fiction's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Set in the Caribbean, its heroine is Antoinette Cosway, a sensual and protected young woman who is sold into marriage to the prideful Rochester. In this best-selling novel, Rhys portrays a society so driven by hatred, so skewed in its sexual relations, that it can literally drive a woman out of her mind.
Working a stylistic range from moody introspection to formal elegance, Miss Rhys has us traveling under Antoinette's skinIt is an eerie and memorable trip. -- The Nation
The novel is a triumph of atmosphere-of what one is tempted to call Caribbean Gothic atmosphere...It has an almost hallucinatory quality. -- New York Times
The novel is a triumph of atmosphere-of what one is tempted to call Caribbean Gothic atmosphere...It has an almost hallucinatory quality. -- New York Times
Jean Rhys (1890–1979), one of the foremost writers of the twentieth century, is the author of Wide Sargasso Sea—her last and best-known novel—as well as After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, Voyage in the Dark, and Good Morning, Midnight, all available in Norton paperback.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393308808 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393308804 |
| Title | Wide Sargasso Sea |
| Author | Jean Rhys |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2010-08-19 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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